stock (n.)

  1. 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'

  2. persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant

    [ Syn: caudex ]

  3. a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants

  4. any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers

    [ Syn: gillyflower ]

  5. any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia

    [ Syn: malcolm stock ]

  6. lumber used in the construction of something; they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter'

  7. the handle end of some implements or tools; he grabbed the cue by the stock'

  8. an ornamental white cravat

    [ Syn: neckcloth ]

  9. any animals kept for use or profit

    [ Syn: livestock , farm animal ]

  10. the merchandise that a shop has on hand; they carried a vast inventory of hardware; they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory

    [ Syn: inventory ]

  11. 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: gunstock , gunstock ]

  12. a certificate documenting the shareholders ownership in the corporation; the value of his stocks doubled during the past year

    [ Syn: stock certificate ]

  13. a supply of something available for future use; he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars

    [ Syn: store , fund ]

  14. the descendants of one individual; his entire lineage has been warriors

    [ Syn: lineage , line , line of descent , descent , bloodline , blood line , blood , pedigree , ancestry , origin , parentage , stemma ]

  15. 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: breed , breed , strain , strain ]

  16. 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: broth ]

  17. the reputation and popularity a person has; his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor'

    stock (adj.)

  1. 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: banal , commonplace , hackneyed , old-hat , shopworn , threadbare , timeworn , tired , trite , well-worn ]

  2. routine; a stock answer'

  3. regularly and widely used or sold; a standard size; a stock item

    [ Syn: standard ]

    stock (v.)

  1. have on hand; Do you carry kerosene heaters?

    [ Syn: carry , stockpile ]

  2. equip with a stock; stock a rifle'

  3. supply with fish; stock a lake'

  4. supply with livestock; stock a farm'

  5. amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use; lets stock coffee as long as prices are low

    [ Syn: buy in , stock up ]

  6. provide or furnish with a stock of something; stock the larder with meat'

  7. put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; the plant sprouted early this year

    [ Syn: sprout ]

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