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Stocking

//ˈstɑkɪŋ// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear.

    "a pair of stockings"

  2. 2
    A ratio of the actual density of trees in an area to the ideal density that would make the fullest use of the land.
  3. 3
    the activity of supplying a stock of something wordnet
  4. 4
    Ellipsis of Christmas stocking; a large, sock-like bag used to store small Christmas gifts, typically hung on a mantelpiece. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  5. 5
    close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural) wordnet
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  1. 6
    A broad ring of a different fur colour on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped.
  2. 7
    A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of stock form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "I've almost finished stocking these groceries."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From stock (“cover with material”) + -ing. Corruption of old plural -en, i.e. stocken, now singular.

Etymology 2

From stock + -ing.

Etymology 3

From stock + -ing.

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