1. (

• stock

) 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" ;

2. (

• stock ,
• inventory

) 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" ;

3. (

• stock ,
• gunstock

) 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" ;

4. (

• stock_certificate ,
• stock ,

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

5. (

• store ,
• stock ,
• fund ,

) a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars" ;

6. (

• lineage ,
• line ,
• line_of_descent ,
• descent ,
• bloodline ,
• blood_line ,
• blood ,
• pedigree ,
• ancestry ,
• origin ,
• parentage ,
• stemma ,
• stock ,

) the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" ;

7. (

• breed ,
• strain ,
• 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" ;

8. (

• broth ,
• stock ,

) 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" ;

9. (

• stock

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

10. (

• stock ,
• caudex ,

) persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant ;

11. (

• stock ,

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

12. (

• stock ,
• gillyflower ,

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

13. (

• Malcolm_stock ,
• stock ,

) any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia ;

14. (

• stock ,

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

15. (

• stock ,

) the handle end of some implements or tools; "he grabbed the cue by the stock" ;

16. (

• neckcloth ,
• stock ,

) an ornamental white cravat ;

17. (

• livestock ,
• stock ,
• farm_animal

) any animals kept for use or profit ;

1. (

• stock ,
• carry ,
• stockpile

) have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?" ;

2. (

• stock ,

) equip with a stock; "stock a rifle" ;

3. (

• stock ,

) supply with fish; "stock a lake" ;

4. (

• stock ,

) supply with livestock; "stock a farm" ;

5. (

• stock ,
• buy_in ,
• stock_up

) 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" ;

6. (

• stock ,

) provide or furnish with a stock of something; "stock the larder with meat" ;

7. (

• sprout ,
• stock ,

) put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year" ;

1. (

• banal ,
• commonplace ,
• hackneyed ,
• old-hat ,
• shopworn ,
• stock ,
• threadbare ,
• timeworn ,
• tired ,
• trite ,
• well-worn

) 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'" ;

2. (

• stock

) routine; "a stock answer" ;

3. (

• standard ,
• stock

) regularly and widely used or sold; "a standard size"; "a stock item" ;