stock

Definitions

1. 1noun

   The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.

2. 2noun

   The stem or branch in which a graft is inserted.

3. 3noun

   A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.

4. 4noun

   Hence, a person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.

5. 5noun

   The principal supporting part; the part in which others are inserted, or to which they are attached.

6. 6noun

   The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a musket or like firearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular piece of wood, which is an important part of several forms of gun carriage.

7. 7noun

   The handle or contrivance by which bits are held in boring; a bitstock; a brace.

8. 8noun

   The block of wood or metal frame which constitutes the body of a plane, and in which the plane iron is fitted; a plane stock.

9. 9noun

   The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of Anchor.

10. 10noun

    The support of the block in which an anvil is fixed, or of the anvil itself.

11. 11noun

    A handle or wrench forming a holder for the dies for cutting screws; a diestock.

12. 12noun

    The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness. See Counterfoil.

13. 13noun

    The original progenitor; also, the race or line of a family; the progenitor of a family and his direct descendants; lineage; family.

14. 14noun

    Money or capital which an individual or a firm employs in business; fund; in the United States, the capital of a bank or other company, in the form of transferable shares, each of a certain amount; money funded in government securities, called also the public funds; in the plural, property consisting of shares in joint-stock companies, or in the obligations of a government for its funded debt; -- so in the United States, but in England the latter only are called stocks, and the former shares.

15. 15noun

    Same as Stock account, below.

16. 16noun

    Supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in a stock of provisions.

17. 17noun

    Domestic animals or beasts collectively, used or raised on a farm; as, a stock of cattle or of sheep, etc.; -- called also live stock.

18. 18noun

    That portion of a pack of cards not distributed to the players at the beginning of certain games, as gleek, etc., but which might be drawn from afterward as occasion required; a bank.

19. 19noun

    A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.

20. 20noun

    A covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings).

21. 21noun

    A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a silk stock.

22. 22noun

    A frame of timber, with holes in which the feet, or the feet and hands, of criminals were formerly confined by way of punishment.

23. 23noun

    The frame or timbers on which a ship rests while building.

24. 24noun

    Red and gray bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.

25. 25noun

    Any cruciferous plant of the genus Matthiola; as, common stock (Matthiola incana) (See Gilly-flower); ten-weeks stock (M. annua).

26. 26noun

    An irregular metalliferous mass filling a large cavity in a rock formation, as a stock of lead ore deposited in limestone.

27. 27noun

    A race or variety in a species.

28. 28noun

    In tectology, an aggregate or colony of persons (See Person), as trees, chains of salpae, etc.

29. 29noun

    The beater of a fulling mill.

30. 30noun

    A liquid or jelly containing the juices and soluble parts of meat, and certain vegetables, etc., extracted by cooking; -- used in making soup, gravy, etc.

31. 31transitive verb

    To lay up; to put aside for future use; to store, as merchandise, and the like.

32. 32transitive verb

    To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply; as, to stock a warehouse, that is, to fill it with goods; to stock a farm, that is, to supply it with cattle and tools; to stock land, that is, to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of grass.

33. 33transitive verb

    To suffer to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more previous to sale, as cows.

34. 34transitive verb

    To put in the stocks.

35. 35adjective

    Used or employed for constant service or application, as if constituting a portion of a stock or supply; standard; permanent; standing; as, a stock actor; a stock play; a stock sermon.

36. 36noun

    any animals kept for use or profit

    Synonyms

    livestock
37. 37noun

    an ornamental white cravat

    Synonyms

    neckcloth
38. 38noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    inventory
39. 39noun

    the handle end of some implements or tools

    "he grabbed the cue by the stock"

40. 40noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    gunstock
41. 41noun

    lumber used in the construction of something

    "they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter"

42. 42noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    broth
43. 43noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    breedstrain
44. 44noun

    the descendants of one individual

    "his entire lineage has been warriors"

    Synonyms

    ancestrybloodbloodlinedescentlinelineageoriginparentagepedigreestemma
45. 45noun

    any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia

46. 46noun

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

    Synonyms

    gillyflower
47. 47noun

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

48. 48noun

    persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant

    Synonyms

    caudex
49. 49noun

    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"

50. 50noun

    a supply of something available for future use

    "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"

    Synonyms

    fundstore
51. 51noun

    a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation

    "the value of his stocks doubled during the past year"

52. 52noun

    the reputation and popularity a person has

    "his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor"

53. 53verb

    put forth and grow sprouts or shoots

    "the plant sprouted early this year"

    Synonyms

    sprout
54. 54verb

    have on hand

    "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"

    Synonyms

    carrystockpile
55. 55verb

    provide or furnish with a stock of something

    "stock the larder with meat"

56. 56verb

    amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use

    "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low"

57. 57verb

    supply with livestock

    "stock a farm"

58. 58verb

    supply with fish

    "stock a lake"

59. 59verb

    equip with a stock

    "stock a rifle"

60. 60adjective

    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

    "bromidic sermons"

    "his remarks were trite and commonplace"

    Synonyms

    banalcommonplacehackneyedshopwornthreadbaretimeworntiredtrite
61. 61adjective

    regularly and widely used or sold

    "a standard size"

    "a stock item"

    Synonyms

    standard
62. 62adjective

    routine

    "a stock answer"