<b><font size="4">"stock"</font></b><br/><b>adjective</b> <ol> <li>repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn: <a href="../banal.html">banal</a>, <a href="../commonplace.html">commonplace</a>, <a href="../hackneyed.html">hackneyed</a>, <a href="../old-hat.html">old-hat</a>, <a href="../shopworn.html">shopworn</a>, <a href="/">stock(a)</a>, <a href="../threadbare.html">threadbare</a>, <a href="../timeworn.html">timeworn</a>, <a href="../tired.html">tired</a>, <a href="../trite.html">trite</a>, <a href="../well-worn.html">well-worn</a>] </li> <li>routine; "a stock answer" </li> <li>regularly and widely used or sold; "a standard size"; "a stock item" [syn: <a href="../standard.html">standard</a>]</li> </ol> <b>noun</b> <ol> <li>the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity); "he owns a controlling share of the company's stock" </li> <li>liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces; "she made gravy with a base of beef stock" [syn: <a href="../broth.html">broth</a>] </li> <li>the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware" [syn: <a href="../inventory.html">inventory</a>] </li> <li>a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars" [syn: <a href="../store.html">store</a>, <a href="../fund.html">fund</a>] </li> <li>not used technically; any animals kept for use or profit [syn: <a href="../livestock.html">livestock</a>, <a href="/">farm animal</a>] </li> <li>the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" [syn: <a href="../lineage.html">lineage</a>, <a href="../line.html">line</a>, <a href="../line.html of descent">line of descent</a>, <a href="../descent.html">descent</a>, <a href="../bloodline.html">bloodline</a>, <a href="../bloodline.html">blood line</a>, <a href="../blood.html">blood</a>, <a href="../pedigree.html">pedigree</a>, <a href="../ancestry.html">ancestry</a>, <a href="../origin.html">origin</a>, <a href="../parentage.html">parentage</a>, <a href="../stemma.html">stemma</a>] </li> <li>the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun; "the rifle had been fitted with a special stock" [syn: <a href="../gunstock.html">gunstock</a>] </li> <li>the reputation and popularity a person has; "his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor" </li> <li>a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep" [syn: <a href="../breed.html">breed</a>, <a href="../strain.html">strain</a>] </li> <li>lumber used in the construction of something; "they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter" </li> <li>a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation; "the value of his stocks doubled during the past year" [syn: <a href="/">stock certificate</a>] </li> <li>any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia [syn: <a href="/">Malcolm stock</a>] </li> <li>a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants </li> <li>any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers [syn: <a href="../gillyflower.html">gillyflower</a>] </li> <li>the handle end of some implements or tools; "he grabbed the cue by the stock" </li> <li>persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant [syn: <a href="../caudex.html">caudex</a>] </li> <li>an ornamental white cravat [syn: <a href="../neckcloth.html">neckcloth</a>]</li> </ol> <b>verb</b> <ol> <li>have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?" [syn: <a href="../carry.html">carry</a>, <a href="../stockpile.html">stockpile</a>] </li> <li>equip with a stock; "stock a rifle" </li> <li>supply with fish; "stock a lake" </li> <li>supply with livestock; "stock a farm" </li> <li>stock up on to keep for future use or sale; "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low" [syn: <a href="/">buy in</a>] </li> <li>provide or furnish with a stock of something; "stock the larder with meat" </li> <li>put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year" [syn: <a href="../sprout.html">sprout</a>]</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../stock.html">http://www.word.sc/stock</a>

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