| Sounds | staa'k | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | aftershock ... woodcock: 87 rhymes with aak... | |
| Meaning | repeated / repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse. | |
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| Example | "a stock answer" | |
| Synonyms | banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn | |
| Broader | unoriginal | not original |
| Spanish | banal, gastado, manida, manido, sabida, sobada, sobado, trillada, trillado, trivial | |
| Catalan | banal | |
| Meaning | routine. | |
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| Example | "a stock answer" | |
| Broader | standard | conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value |
| Meaning | regularly and widely used or sold. | |
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| Example | "a stock item" | |
| Synonym | standard | |
| Broader | regular | In accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle |
| Meaning | The merchandise that a shop / shop has on hand. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | inventory | |
| Broader | merchandise, ware, product | commodities offered for sale |
| Spanish | inventario | |
| Nouns | stockist | one (as a retailer or distributor / distributor) that stocks goods |
| Verbs | stock | have on hand |
| stock | amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Example | "the rifle had been fitted with a special stock" | |
| Synonym | gunstock | |
| Part of | artillery, heavy weapon, gun, ordnance | large but transportable armament |
| gun | A weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel) | |
| machine gun | A rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted) | |
| pistol, handgun, side arm, shooting iron | A firearm that is held and fired with one hand | |
| Narrower | pistol grip | A handle (as of a gun or saw) shaped like the butt of a pistol |
| Broader | handle, grip, handgrip, hold | The appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it |
| support | Any device that bears the weight of another thing | |
| Spanish | culata | |
| Catalan | culata | |
| Verbs | stock | equip with a stock |
| Meaning | A certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation. | |
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| Example | "the value of his stocks doubled during the past year" | |
| Synonym | stock certificate | |
| Narrower | share | Any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate |
| Broader | security, certificate | A formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment |
| Spanish | certificado de acciones | |
| Catalan | certificat d'accions | |
| Meaning | A supply of something available for future use. | |
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| Synonyms | store, fund | |
| Narrower | hoard, cache, stash | A secret store of valuables or money |
| infrastructure, base | The stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area | |
| issue, military issue, government issue | Supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government | |
| provision | A store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms) | |
| seed stock | A supply of seeds (or tubers) reserved for planting | |
| Broader | accumulation | (finance) profits / profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation |
| Spanish | acervo, acopio, repuesto, reserva, retén | |
| Catalan | provisió, reserva | |
| Nouns | stocker | a domestic animal (especially a young steer or heifer) kept as stock until fattened or matured and suitable for a breeding establishment |
| stockist | one (as a retailer or distributor / distributor) that stocks goods | |
| Verbs | stock | have on hand |
| stock | amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use | |
| stock | provide or furnish with a stock of something | |
| stock | supply with fish | |
| Meaning | The descendants of one individual. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma | |
| Narrower | family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry | People descended from a common ancestor |
| side | A family line of descent | |
| Broader | genealogy, family tree | successive generations of kin |
| Spanish | abolengo, árbol genealógico, ascendencia, casta, descendencia, estirpe, linaje, línea de descendencia, línea de sangre, línea, origen, parentela, parentesco, pedigrí, saga, sangre | |
| Catalan | descendència, estirp, llinatge, nissaga, origen, pedigrí | |
| Meaning | A special variety of domesticated animals within a species. | |
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| Synonyms | breed, strain | |
| Member of | species | (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed |
| Narrower | bloodstock | thoroughbred horses (collectively) |
| pedigree | line of descent of a purebred animal | |
| Broader | animal group | A group of animals |
| variety | (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics / characteristics | |
| Spanish | raza, variedad | |
| Catalan | raça | |
| Verbs | stock | supply with livestock |
| Meaning | liquid / liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces. | |
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| Example | "she made gravy with a base of beef stock" | |
| Synonym | broth | |
| Narrower | beef broth, beef stock | A stock made with beef |
| chicken broth, chicken stock | A stock made with chicken | |
| liquor, pot liquor, pot likker | The liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked | |
| stock cube | A cube of dehydrated stock | |
| Broader | soup | liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food |
| Spanish | caldo | |
| Catalan | brou | |
| Meaning | The reputation and popularity a person has. | |
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| Example | "his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor" | |
| Broader | repute, reputation | The state of being held in high esteem and honor |
| Meaning | persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant. | |
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| Synonym | caudex | |
| Broader | stalk, stem | A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ |
| Meaning | A plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants. | |
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| Narrower | rootstock | root or part of a root used for plant propagation |
| Broader | plant part, plant structure | Any part of a plant or fungus |
| Verbs | stock | put forth and grow sprouts / sprouts or shoots |
| Meaning | Any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers. | |
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| Synonym | gillyflower | |
| Member of | Matthiola, genus Matthiola | genus of Old World plants grown as ornamentals |
| Narrower | brompton stock, Matthiola incana | European plant with racemes of sweet-scented flowers |
| Broader | flower | A plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms |
| Meaning | Any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia. | |
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| Synonym | Malcolm stock | |
| Member of | Malcolmia, genus Malcolmia | genus of plants usually found in coastal / coastal habitats |
| Broader | flower | A plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms |
| Meaning | lumber used in the construction of something. | |
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| Example | "they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter" | |
| Broader | lumber, timber | The wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material |
| Meaning | The handle end of some implements or tools. | |
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| Example | "he grabbed the cue by the stock" | |
| Part of | cue, cue stick, pool cue, pool stick | sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards |
| fishing rod, fishing pole | A rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in fishing to extend the fishing line | |
| whip | An instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping | |
| Narrower | brace, bitstock | A carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring |
| butt, butt end | Thick end of the handle | |
| Broader | handle, grip, handgrip, hold | The appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it |
| Spanish | mango | |
| Catalan | mànec | |
| Meaning | An ornamental white cravat. | |
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| Synonym | neckcloth | |
| Broader | cravat | neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front |
| Meaning | Any animals kept for use or profit. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | livestock, farm animal | |
| Category of | carry | Be able to feed |
| Broader | placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal | mammals having a placenta |
| Spanish | ganado | |
| Catalan | bestiar | |
| Nouns | stocker | a domestic animal (especially a young steer or heifer) kept as stock until fattened or matured and suitable for a breeding establishment |
| Meaning | Have on hand. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | carry, stockpile | |
| Broader | have, have got, hold | Have or possess / possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense |
| Spanish | acarrear, llevar | |
| Catalan | portar, traginar | |
| Nouns | stock | the merchandise that a shop / shop has on hand |
| stock | a supply of something available for future use | |
| stockist | one (as a retailer or distributor / distributor) that stocks goods | |
| Meaning | equip with a stock. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "stock a rifle" | |
| Broader | equip, fit, fit out, outfit | Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose |
| Nouns | stock | 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 |
| Meaning | Supply with fish. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "stock a lake" | |
| Category | animal husbandry | Breeding and caring for farm animals |
| Broader | supply, provide, render, furnish | Give something useful or necessary to |
| Similar to | stock | Supply with livestock |
| Nouns | stock | a supply of something available for future use |
| Meaning | Supply with livestock. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "stock a farm" | |
| Category | animal husbandry | Breeding and caring for farm animals |
| Broader | supply, provide, render, furnish | Give something useful or necessary to |
| Similar to | stock | Supply with fish |
| Nouns | stock | a special variety of domesticated animals within a species |
| Meaning | Amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low" | |
| Synonyms | buy in, stock up | |
| Category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
| Narrower | overstock | Stock excessively |
| understock | stock with less than the usual / usual or desirable number or quantity | |
| Broader | supply, provide, render, furnish | Give something useful or necessary to |
| Spanish | abastecer, proveer | |
| Nouns | stock | the merchandise that a shop / shop has on hand |
| stock | a supply of something available for future use | |
| stockist | one (as a retailer or distributor / distributor) that stocks goods | |
| Meaning | Provide or furnish with a stock of something. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Model | They stock the lake with fish | |
| Example | "stock the larder with meat" | |
| Narrower | plant | place into a river |
| restock | Stock again | |
| Broader | supply, provide, render, furnish | Give something useful or necessary to |
| Nouns | stock | a supply of something available for future use |
| stocking | the activity of supplying a stock of something | |
| stockist | one (as a retailer or distributor / distributor) that stocks goods | |
| Meaning | put forth and grow sprouts / sprouts or shoots. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | sprout | |
| Broader | grow, develop, produce, get, acquire | Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) |
| Spanish | brotar, germinar, nacer, rebrotar, retoñar | |
| Catalan | brostar, brotar, nàixer, néixer, rebrollar, rebrotar | |
| Nouns | stock | a plant or stem onto which a graft is made |
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