keep (to put or store something in a particular place): I keep my teabags on the top shelf.
store (to put something in a place where it is available for future use): Store the food in the fridge to keep insects off it. I want to store my valuables in a safe.
hold (to keep something so that it can be available later): Can you hold the dress for me until I come back from work? I can hold your reservation for 48 hours.
hoard (to collect and keep a large amount of something secretly): People hoarded food during the siege.
stockpile (to collect large amounts of things for future use): The companies began to stockpile raw materials.
stash informal (to put something in a safe or secret place): He stashed the gun under the bed.
stock up (to buy a lot of something so that it can be available later): We must stock up on food before the winter comes.
