Sekirov Dictionary

stock

UK /stɒk/US /stɑk/

noun 48
verb 6
adjective 3
forms 5
phrases 6

noun48

an amount of something that is kept so that it can be used later
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The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
- His grandpa had bought some stock in General Electric in 1905, and he refused to sell it ever after.
(US) A share in a company.
Any of several types of security that are similar to a stock, or marketed like one.
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A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.
- We have a stock of televisions on hand.
- I checked in the back of the stockroom and found some more stock.
A stack of undealt cards made available to the players.
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The price or value of the stock of a company on the stock market.
- When the bad news came out, the company's stock dropped precipitously.
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(figurative) The measure of how highly a person or institution is valued.
- After that last screw-up of mine, my stock is pretty low around here.
The raw material from which things are made, such as feedstock.
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Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup.
- They make beef stock from the butchery scraps that they otherwise might not have used.
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The type of paper used in printing.
- The books were printed on a heavier stock this year.
Plain soap before it is coloured and perfumed.
Ellipsis of film stock.
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A supply of anything, stored until used; especially, such a supply that is ready for use.
- Lay in a stock of wood for the winter season.
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Lineage; family; ancestry.
- UUhat, shall I call thee brother? No, a foe, Monster of Nature, shame vnto thy stocke, That darst presume thy Soueraigne for to mocke. — 1587
A larger grouping of language families: a superfamily or macrofamily.
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Farm or ranch animals; livestock.
- Good ranchers must continually keep watch over the health of their stock.
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The population of a given type of animal (especially fish) available to be captured from the wild for economic use.
- The stocks of this fishery are recovering from overfishing, but the gains can easily reverse if our husbandry efforts lapse.
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.
The handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc.
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Railroad rolling stock.
- The Grand Trunk Railway had just purchased a large order of stock from the American Car and Foundry Company.
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The trunk and woody main stems or limbs of a tree; the base from which something grows or branches.
- 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. — 1611
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The plant upon which the scion is grafted.
- The cion overruleth the stock quite. — 1627
Stock theater, summer stock theater.
A type of (now formal or official) neckwear.
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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.
- His grey waistcoat sported pearl buttons, and he wore a stock which set off to admiration a lean and aquiline face which was almost as grey as the rest of him. — 1978
A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar.
Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
A bar, stick, or rod.
A ski pole.
A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes.
The axle attached to the rudder, which transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder.
Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place.
The headstock of a lathe, drill, etc.
The tailstock of a lathe.
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A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
- When all our Fathers worship't Stocks and Stones, — 1673
[in the plural] The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.
[in the plural] (UK) Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
A pipe (vertical cylinder of ore)
(UK, historical) 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.
In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.
A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle
A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings.
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The beater of a fulling mill.
- […]a somewhat rude machine called the stocks, and consisting of a pair of wooden mallets, worked alternately by a cog wheel. — 1842
(no longer used) A cover for the legs; a stocking.
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(no longer used) A person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.
- Let's be no stoics, nor no stocks. — 1590

verb6

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To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
- to stock a warehouse with goods
- to stock a farm, i.e. to supply it with cattle and tools
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To have on hand for sale.
- The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.
(old-fashioned) To arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; to stack the deck.
To put in the stocks as punishment.
To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.

adjective3

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Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
- stock items
- stock sizes
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Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.
- He gave me a stock answer.
Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car.

forms

stocked · stocking · stocketh · stocks · stocken

Phrases with stock

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