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Stock

//stɑk// adj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective

1
Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock. not-comparable
"stock items"
2
Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car. not-comparable
3
Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic. not-comparable
"He gave me a stock answer."

Adjective

1
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse wordnet
2
regularly and widely used or sold wordnet
3
routine wordnet

Proper Noun

1
A village and civil parish in Chelmsford district, Essex, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref TQ6998). countable, uncountable
2
A surname. countable, uncountable
"Speaking on the John Solomon Reports podcast this week, conservative activist and RiftTV contributor Sarah Stock attributed some of the divide to a generational split in how conservatives consume information."
3
Diminutive of Stockton (“personal name”). countable, diminutive, form-of, uncountable

Noun

1
A store or supply. countable, uncountable
2
A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.
3
any animals kept for use or profit wordnet
4
A store or supply.; A store of goods ready for sale; inventory. countable, uncountable
"We have a stock of televisions on hand."
5
an ornamental white cravat wordnet

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6
A store or supply.; A supply of anything, stored until used; especially, such a supply that is ready for use. countable, uncountable
"Lay in a stock of wood for the winter season."
7
the merchandise that a shop has on hand wordnet
8
A store or supply.; Railroad rolling stock. countable, uncountable
"The Grand Trunk Railway had just purchased a large order of stock from the American Car and Foundry Company."
9
the handle end of some implements or tools wordnet
10
A store or supply.; A stack of undealt cards made available to the players. countable, uncountable
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 wordnet
12
A store or supply.; Farm or ranch animals; livestock. countable, uncountable
"Good ranchers must continually keep watch over the health of their stock."
13
lumber used in the construction of something wordnet
14
A store or supply.; The population of a given type of animal (especially fish) available to be captured from the wild for economic use. countable, uncountable
"The stocks of this fishery are recovering from overfishing, but the gains can easily reverse if our husbandry efforts lapse."
15
liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces wordnet
16
The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder. countable, uncountable
"His grandpa had bought some stock in General Electric in 1905, and he refused to sell it ever after."
17
a special variety of domesticated animals within a species wordnet
18
The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder.; The price or value of the stock of a company on the stock market. countable, uncountable
"When the bad news came out, the company's stock dropped precipitously."
19
the hereditary derivation of an individual wordnet
20
The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder.; A share in a company. US, countable, especially, uncountable
21
any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia wordnet
22
The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder.; The measure of how highly a person or institution is valued. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"After that last screw-up of mine, my stock is pretty low around here."
23
any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers wordnet
24
The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder.; Any of several types of security that are similar to a stock, or marketed like one. countable, uncountable
25
a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants wordnet
26
The raw material from which things are made, such as feedstock.; Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup. countable, uncountable
"They make beef stock from the butchery scraps that they otherwise might not have used."
27
persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant wordnet
28
The raw material from which things are made, such as feedstock.; The type of paper used in printing. countable, uncountable
"The books were printed on a heavier stock this year."
29
the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity) wordnet
30
The raw material from which things are made, such as feedstock.; Ellipsis of film stock. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
31
a supply of something available for future use wordnet
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The raw material from which things are made, such as feedstock.; Plain soap before it is coloured and perfumed. countable, uncountable
33
a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation wordnet
34
Stock theater, summer stock theater. countable, uncountable
35
the reputation and popularity a person has wordnet
36
The trunk and woody main stems or limbs of a tree; the base from which something grows or branches. countable, uncountable
"Though the roote thereof waxe old in the earth, and the stocke thereof die in the ground: Yet through the sent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughes like a plant."
37
The trunk and woody main stems or limbs of a tree; the base from which something grows or branches.; The plant upon which the scion is grafted. countable, uncountable
"The cion overruleth the stock quite."
38
The trunk and woody main stems or limbs of a tree; the base from which something grows or branches.; Lineage; family; ancestry. broadly, countable, uncountable
"UUhat, ſhall I call thee brother? No, a foe, Monſter of Nature, ſhame vnto thy ſtocke, That darſt preſume thy Soueraigne for to mocke."
39
The trunk and woody main stems or limbs of a tree; the base from which something grows or branches.; Lineage; family; ancestry.; A larger grouping of language families: a superfamily or macrofamily. broadly, countable, uncountable
40
Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola. countable, uncountable
41
A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached.; The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder. countable, uncountable
"The most underrated component in building a custom gun is the metalsmithing. Stock work immediately attracts attention. Fancy checkering patterns, meticulously executed, are sure to elicit oohs and ahhs."
42
A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached.; The handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc. countable, uncountable
43
Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place.; The headstock of a lathe, drill, etc. countable, uncountable
44
Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place.; The tailstock of a lathe. countable, uncountable
45
A bar, stick, or rod.; A ski pole. countable, uncountable
46
A bar, stick, or rod.; A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes. countable, uncountable
"The honest, rough piece of iron, so simple in appearance, has more parts than the human body has limbs: the ring, the stock, the crown, the flukes, the palms, the shank. All this, according to the journalist, is “cast” when a ship arriving at an anchorage is brought up."
47
A bar, stick, or rod.; The axle attached to the rudder, which transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder. countable, uncountable
48
A bar, stick, or rod.; A pipe (vertical cylinder of ore) countable, uncountable
49
A type of (now formal or official) neckwear.; A necktie or cravat, particularly a wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as a part of formal wear for horse riding competitions. countable, uncountable
"He wore a brown tweed suit and a white stock. His clothes hung loosely about him as though they had been made for a much larger man. He looked like a respectable farmer of the middle of the nineteenth century."
50
A type of (now formal or official) neckwear.; A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar. countable, uncountable
51
A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle countable, uncountable
52
A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings. countable, uncountable
53
A cover for the legs; a stocking. countable, obsolete, uncountable
54
A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post. countable, uncountable
"When all our Fathers worſhip't Stocks and Stones,"
55
A person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense. broadly, countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Let's be no stoics, nor no stocks."
56
The longest part of a split tally stick formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness. UK, countable, historical, uncountable
57
The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction. countable, in-plural, uncountable
58
Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings. UK, countable, in-plural, uncountable
59
In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as trees, chains of salpae, etc. countable, uncountable
60
The beater of a fulling mill. countable, uncountable
"[…]a somewhat rude machine called the stocks, and consisting of a pair of wooden mallets, worked alternately by a cog wheel."

Verb

1
To have on hand for sale.
"The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables."
2
put forth and grow sprouts or shoots wordnet
3
To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
"to stock a warehouse with goods"
4
have on hand wordnet
5
To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.

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6
provide or furnish with a stock of something wordnet
7
To put in the stocks as punishment.
"Poor Tom, that[…]eats cow-dung for sallets; swallows the old rat, and the ditch-dog; drinks the green mantle of the standing pool; who is whipp'd from tything to tything, and stock'd, punish'd, and imprison'd"
8
amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use wordnet
9
To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
10
supply with livestock wordnet
11
To arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; to stack the deck. dated
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supply with fish wordnet
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equip with a stock wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English stok, from Old English stocc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“tree-trunk”). Modern senses are mostly referring either to the trunk from which the tree grows (figuratively, its origin and/or support/foundation), or to a piece of wood, stick, or rod. The senses of "supply" and "raw material" arose from a probable conflation with steck (“an item of goods, merchandise”) or the use of split tally sticks consisting of foil or counterfoil and stock to capture paid taxes, debts or exchanges. Doublet of chock.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Etymology 4

From Italian stoccata.

Etymology 5

* As an English surname, from the noun stock (“stock, tree stump”). This sense is also found respectively in Dutch and German, and Slavic borrowings of them. Compare Stocker. * Also as an English surname, variant of Stoker. * (Stockton): Clipping of Stockton.

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