English | Greek |
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stock | απόθεμα |
stock | ζωντανά, ζώα φάρμας |
stock | χρεόγραφο |
stock | ζωμός |
stock | λαβή, χερούλι |
stock | κοινός, συνηθισμένος |
stock | διαθέτω, έχω (σε) απόθεμα |
stock | εφοδιάζω, γεμίζω |
English - Wordnet 3.0
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NOUN (17) 1. the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity); - Example: "he owns a controlling share of the company's stock" 2. the merchandise that a shop has on hand; - Example: "they carried a vast inventory of hardware" - Example: "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; - Example: "the rifle had been fitted with a special stock" [syn: stock, gunstock] 4. a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation; - Example: "the value of his stocks doubled during the past year" [syn: stock certificate, stock] 5. a supply of something available for future use; - Example: "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars" [syn: store, stock, fund] 6. the descendants of one individual; - Example: "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; - Example: "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats" - Example: "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; - Example: "she made gravy with a base of beef stock" [syn: broth, stock] 9. the reputation and popularity a person has; - Example: "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; - Example: "they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter" 15. the handle end of some implements or tools; - Example: "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] VERB (7) 1. have on hand; - Example: "Do you carry kerosene heaters?" [syn: stock, carry, stockpile] 2. equip with a stock; - Example: "stock a rifle" 3. supply with fish; - Example: "stock a lake" 4. supply with livestock; - Example: "stock a farm" 5. amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use; - Example: "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; - Example: "stock the larder with meat" 7. put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; - Example: "the plant sprouted early this year" [syn: sprout, stock] ADJECTIVE (3) 1. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; - Example: "bromidic sermons" - Example: "his remarks were trite and commonplace" - Example: "hackneyed phrases" - Example: "a stock answer" - Example: "repeating threadbare jokes" - Example: "parroting some timeworn axiom" - Example: "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn] 2. routine; - Example: "a stock answer" 3. regularly and widely used or sold; - Example: "a standard size" - Example: "a stock item" [syn: standard, stock] |