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STOCK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any animals kept for use or profit
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
eutherian; eutherian mammal; placental; placental mammal (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)
Domain member category:
carry (be able to feed)
Derivation:
stocker (a domestic animal (especially a young steer or heifer) kept as stock until fattened or matured and suitable for a breeding establishment)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An ornamental white cravat
Synonyms:
neckcloth; stock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
cravat (neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The merchandise that a shop has on hand
Example:
they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory
Synonyms:
inventory; stock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
merchandise; product; ware (commodities offered for sale)
Derivation:
stock (have on hand)
stock (amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use)
stockist (one (as a retailer or distributor) that stocks goods)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The handle end of some implements or tools
Example:
he grabbed the cue by the stock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
grip; handgrip; handle; hold (the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stock"):
bitstock; brace (a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring)
butt; butt end (thick end of the handle)
Holonyms ("stock" is a part of...):
cue; cue stick; pool cue; pool stick (sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards)
fishing pole; fishing rod (a rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in fishing to extend the fishing line)
whip (an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping)
Sense 5
Meaning:
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
Example:
the rifle had been fitted with a special stock
Synonyms:
gunstock; stock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
support (any device that bears the weight of another thing)
grip; handgrip; handle; hold (the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stock"):
pistol grip (a handle (as of a gun or saw) shaped like the butt of a pistol)
Holonyms ("stock" is a part of...):
artillery; gun; heavy weapon; ordnance (large but transportable armament)
gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))
machine gun (a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted))
handgun; pistol; shooting iron; side arm (a firearm that is held and fired with one hand)
Derivation:
stock (equip with a stock)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Lumber used in the construction of something
Example:
they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
lumber; timber (the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces
Example:
she made gravy with a base of beef stock
Synonyms:
broth; stock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
soup (liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stock"):
liquor; pot likker; pot liquor (the liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked)
beef broth; beef stock (a stock made with beef)
chicken broth; chicken stock (a stock made with chicken)
stock cube (a cube of dehydrated stock)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A special variety of domesticated animals within a species
Example:
he created a new strain of sheep
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
variety ((biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics)
animal group (a group of animals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stock"):
pedigree (line of descent of a purebred animal)
bloodstock (thoroughbred horses (collectively))
Holonyms ("stock" is a member of...):
species ((biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed)
Derivation:
stock (supply with livestock)
Sense 9
Meaning:
The descendants of one individual
Example:
his entire lineage has been warriors
Synonyms:
ancestry; blood; blood line; bloodline; descent; line; line of descent; lineage; origin; parentage; pedigree; stemma; stock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
family tree; genealogy (successive generations of kin)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stock"):
family; family line; folk; kinfolk; kinsfolk; phratry; sept (people descended from a common ancestor)
side (a family line of descent)
Sense 10
Meaning:
Any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
Synonyms:
Malcolm stock; stock
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Holonyms ("stock" is a member of...):
genus Malcolmia; Malcolmia (genus of plants usually found in coastal habitats; Mediterranean to Afghanistan)
Sense 11
Meaning:
Any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
Synonyms:
gillyflower; stock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stock"):
brompton stock; Matthiola incana (European plant with racemes of sweet-scented flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamental)
Holonyms ("stock" is a member of...):
genus Matthiola; Matthiola (genus of Old World plants grown as ornamentals)
Sense 12
Meaning:
A plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
plant part; plant structure (any part of a plant or fungus)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stock"):
rootstock (root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots)
Derivation:
stock (put forth and grow sprouts or shoots)
Sense 13
Meaning:
Persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
Synonyms:
caudex; stock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
stalk; stem (a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ)
Sense 14
Meaning:
The capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)
Example:
he owns a controlling share of the company's stock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
capital; working capital (assets available for use in the production of further assets)
Meronyms (parts of "stock"):
share (any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stock"):
watered stock (stock representing ownership of overvalued assets; stock of a corporation whose total worth is less than its invested capital)
voting stock (shares in a corporation that entitle the shareholder to voting and proxy rights)
reacquired stock; treasury shares; treasury stock (stock that has been bought back by the issuing corporation and is available for retirement or resale; it is issued but not outstanding; it cannot vote and pays no dividends)
quarter stock (stock with a par value of $25/share)
authorized shares; authorized stock; capital stock (the maximum number of shares authorized under the terms of a corporation's articles of incorporation)
hot issue; hot stock (newly issued stock that is in great public demand)
growth stock (stock of a corporation that has had faster than average gains in earnings and is expected to continue to)
control stock (shares owned by shareholders who have a controlling interest)
common stock equivalent (preferred stock or convertible bonds or warrants that can be converted into common stock)
float (the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public)
preference shares; preferred shares; preferred stock (stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights)
no-par-value stock; no-par stock (stock with no par value specified in the corporate charter or on the stock certificate)
common shares; common stock; ordinary shares (stock other than preferred stock; entitles the owner to a share of the corporation's profits and a share of the voting power in shareholder elections)
Sense 15
Meaning:
A supply of something available for future use
Example:
he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
accumulation ((finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stock"):
seed stock (a supply of seeds (or tubers) reserved for planting)
government issue; issue; military issue (supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government)
provision (a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms))
cache; hoard; stash (a secret store of valuables or money)
base; infrastructure (the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area)
Derivation:
stock (have on hand)
stock (provide or furnish with a stock of something)
stock (amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use)
stock (supply with fish)
stocker (a domestic animal (especially a young steer or heifer) kept as stock until fattened or matured and suitable for a breeding establishment)
stockist (one (as a retailer or distributor) that stocks goods)
Sense 16
Meaning:
A certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation
Example:
the value of his stocks doubled during the past year
Synonyms:
stock; stock certificate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
certificate; security (a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stock"):
share (any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate)
Sense 17
Meaning:
The reputation and popularity a person has
Example:
his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("stock" is a kind of...):
reputation; repute (the state of being held in high esteem and honor)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Example:
the trite metaphor 'hard as nails'
Synonyms:
banal; commonplace; hackneyed; old-hat; shopworn; stock; threadbare; timeworn; tired; trite; well-worn
Classified under:
Similar:
unoriginal (not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Regularly and widely used or sold
Example:
a stock item
Synonyms:
standard; stock
Classified under:
Similar:
regular (in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Routine
Example:
a stock answer
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
standard (conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they stock ... he / she / it stocks
Past simple: stocked
Past participle: stocked
-ing form: stocking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
Example:
the plant sprouted early this year
Synonyms:
sprout; stock
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "stock" is one way to...):
acquire; develop; get; grow; produce (come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
stock (a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Have on hand
Example:
Do you carry kerosene heaters?
Synonyms:
carry; stock; stockpile
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "stock" is one way to...):
have; have got; hold (have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
stock (the merchandise that a shop has on hand)
stock (a supply of something available for future use)
stockist (one (as a retailer or distributor) that stocks goods)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Provide or furnish with a stock of something
Example:
stock the larder with meat
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "stock" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stock"):
plant (place into a river)
restock (stock again)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
They stock the lake with fish
Derivation:
stock (a supply of something available for future use)
stocking (the activity of supplying a stock of something)
stockist (one (as a retailer or distributor) that stocks goods)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use
Example:
let's stock coffee as long as prices are low
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "stock" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)
Domain category:
commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stock"):
overstock (stock excessively)
understock (stock with less than the usual or desirable number or quantity)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
stock (the merchandise that a shop has on hand)
stock (a supply of something available for future use)
stockist (one (as a retailer or distributor) that stocks goods)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Supply with livestock
Example:
stock a farm
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "stock" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)
Verb group:
stock (supply with fish)
Domain category:
animal husbandry (breeding and caring for farm animals)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
stock (a special variety of domesticated animals within a species)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Supply with fish
Example:
stock a lake
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "stock" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)
Verb group:
stock (supply with livestock)
Domain category:
animal husbandry (breeding and caring for farm animals)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
stock (a supply of something available for future use)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Equip with a stock
Example:
stock a rifle
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "stock" is one way to...):
equip; fit; fit out; outfit (provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
stock (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)
Context examples:
She appeared of a different stock.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
As he phrased it, the wires were like the stock market, now up, now down.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
My remaining stock I carried with me, part in money and part in goods, in hopes to improve my fortunes.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
And yet some of the plate would have been a very pleasant addition to our own stock here.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
"Tell her she shall be put in the stocks if she does not take herself off," replied the magistrate.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Your parents may give you a gift of cash or stock.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
I do not think you will find your woods by any means worse stocked than they were.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
In the meantime the claim was cleaned up and firewood stocked in.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
"I'll go look after the stock."
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
I would not have his cursed stock mixed with mine; not that I had any dislike to the lad, but his blood was in him, and that was enough.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
