stock

Adjective

• regularly and widely used or sold
  • a standard size
    
  • a stock item
    

• routine
  • a stock answer
    

• repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  • bromidic sermons
    
  • his remarks were trite and commonplace
    
  • hackneyed phrases
    
  • a stock answer
    
  • repeating threadbare jokes
    
  • parroting some timeworn axiom
    
  • the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
    

Verb

• put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
  • the plant sprouted early this year
    

• provide or furnish with a stock of something
  • stock the larder with meat
    

• 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
    

• supply with livestock
  • stock a farm
    

• supply with fish
  • stock a lake
    

• equip with a stock
  • stock a rifle
    

• have on hand
  • Do you carry kerosene heaters?
    

Noun

• any animals kept for use or profit

• an ornamental white cravat

• the handle end of some implements or tools
  • he grabbed the cue by the stock
    

• lumber used in the construction of something
  • they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter
    

• any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia

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

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

• persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant

• the reputation and popularity a person has
  • his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• the descendants of one individual
  • his entire lineage has been warriors
    

• a supply of something available for future use
  • he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars
    

• a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation
  • the value of his stocks doubled during the past year
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  standard , sprout , buy in , stock up , carry , stockpile , livestock , farm animal , neckcloth , Malcolm stock , gillyflower , caudex , broth , breed , strain , store , fund , stock certificate , gunstock , inventory