Stock - Definition

adj 1: 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'" [syn:
banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat,
shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn,
tired, trite, well-worn]
2: routine; "a stock answer"
3: regularly and widely used or sold; "a standard size"; "a
stock item" [syn: standard, stock]
n 1: 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: 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" [syn: stock, inventory]
3: 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" [syn:
stock, gunstock]
4: a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the
corporation; "the value of his stocks doubled during the past
year" [syn: stock certificate, stock]
5: a supply of something available for future use; "he brought
back a large store of Cuban cigars" [syn: store, stock,
fund]
6: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has
been warriors" [syn: lineage, line, line of descent,
descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree,
ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock]
7: 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" [syn: breed, strain,
stock]
8: 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" [syn: broth, stock]
9: the reputation and popularity a person has; "his stock was so
high he could have been elected mayor"
10: persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
[syn: stock, caudex]
11: a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a
plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted
plants
12: any of several Old World plants cultivated for their
brightly colored flowers [syn: stock, gillyflower]
13: any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus
Malcolmia [syn: Malcolm stock, stock]
14: lumber used in the construction of something; "they will cut
round stock to 1-inch diameter"
15: the handle end of some implements or tools; "he grabbed the
cue by the stock"
16: an ornamental white cravat [syn: neckcloth, stock]
17: any animals kept for use or profit [syn: livestock,
stock, farm animal]
v 1: have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?" [syn:
stock, carry, stockpile]
2: equip with a stock; "stock a rifle"
3: supply with fish; "stock a lake"
4: supply with livestock; "stock a farm"
5: 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" [syn: stock, buy in, stock up]
6: provide or furnish with a stock of something; "stock the
larder with meat"
7: put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted
early this year" [syn: sprout, stock]