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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    pronunciation

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]