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Adjective stock has 3 senses

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'"
Antonym: original (indirect, via unoriginal)
stock - routine; "a stock answer"
Antonym: nonstandard (indirect, via standard)
standard, stock - regularly and widely used or sold; "a standard size"; "a stock item"
Antonym: irregular (indirect, via regular)

Noun stock has 17 senses

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"
--₁ is a kind of capital, working capital
--₁ has part: share
--₁ has particulars:

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"
--₂ is a kind of soup
--₂ has particulars:
liquor, pot liquor, pot likker; beef broth, beef stock; chicken broth, chicken stock; stock cube
stock, inventory - the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"
--₃ is a kind of merchandise, wares, product

Derived forms: verb stock₅, verb stock₁
store, stock, fund - a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
--₄ is a kind of accumulation
--₄ has particulars:
infrastructure, base; hoard, cache, stash; provision; issue, military issue, government issue; seed stock

Derived forms: verb stock₃, verb stock₆, verb stock₅, verb stock₁
livestock, stock, farm animal - not used technically; any animals kept for use or profit
--₅ is a kind of placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
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"
--₆ is a kind of genealogy, family tree
--₆ has particulars:
family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry; breed; side
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"
--₇ is a kind of handle, grip, handgrip, hold; support
--₇ is a part of
pistol, handgun, side arm, shooting iron; gun; artillery, heavy weapon, gun, ordnance; machine gun
--₇ has particulars: pistol grip
Derived form: verb stock₂
stock - the reputation and popularity a person has; "his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor"
--₈ is a kind of repute, reputation
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"
--₉ is a kind of variety; animal group
--₉ is a member of species
--₉ has particulars: bloodstock; pedigree
Derived form: verb stock₄
stock - lumber used in the construction of something; "they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter"
--₁₀ is a kind of lumber, timber
stock certificate, stock - a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation; "the value of his stocks doubled during the past year"
--₁₁ is a kind of security, certificate
--₁₁ has particulars: share
Malcolm stock, stock - any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
--₁₂ is a kind of flower
--₁₂ is a member of Malcolmia, genus Malcolmia
stock - a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
--₁₃ is a kind of plant part, plant structure
--₁₃ has particulars: rootstock
Derived form: verb stock₇
stock, gillyflower - any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
--₁₄ is a kind of flower
--₁₄ is a member of Matthiola, genus Matthiola
--₁₄ has particulars: brompton stock, Matthiola incana
stock - the handle end of some implements or tools; "he grabbed the cue by the stock"
--₁₅ is a kind of handle, grip, handgrip, hold
--₁₅ is a part of
fishing rod, fishing pole; whip; cue, cue stick, pool cue, pool stick
--₁₅ has particulars: brace, bitstock; butt, butt end
stock, caudex - persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
--₁₆ is a kind of stalk, stem
neckcloth, stock - an ornamental white cravat
--₁₇ is a kind of cravat

Verb stock has 7 senses

stock, carry, stockpile - have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"
--₁ is one way to have, have got, hold

Derived forms: noun stock₄, noun stock₃, noun stockist₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
stock - equip with a stock; "stock a rifle"
--₂ is one way to equip, fit, fit out, outfit

Derived form: noun stock₇
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
stock - supply with fish; "stock a lake"
--₃ is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish

Derived form: noun stock₄
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
stock - supply with livestock; "stock a farm"
--₄ is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish

Derived form: noun stock₉
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
stock, buy in - stock up on to keep for future use or sale; "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low"
--₅ is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish

Derived forms: noun stock₃, noun stock₄, noun stockist₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
stock - provide or furnish with a stock of something; "stock the larder with meat"
--₆ is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish

Derived forms: noun stock₄, noun stockist₁, noun stocking₂
Sample sentence:
They stock the lake with fish
sprout, stock - put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year"
--₇ is one way to grow, develop, produce, get, acquire

Derived form: noun stock₁₃
Sample sentence:
Something ----s