Stock
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
stock (noun)1.
a) archaic - stump
b) archaic a log or block of wood
c) (1) archaic something without life or consciousness
(2) a dull, stupid, or lifeless person
2.
a supporting framework or structure as
a) the frame or timbers holding a ship during construction
b) a device for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the feet or feet and hands can be locked
c) (1) the wooden part by which a shoulder arm is held during firing
(2) the butt of an implement (as a whip or fishing rod)
(3) - bitstock brace
d) a long beam on a field gun forming the third support point in firing
3.
a) the main stem of a plant - trunk
b) (1) a plant or plant part united with a scion in grafting and supplying mostly underground parts to a graft
(2) a plant from which slips or cuttings are taken
4.
the crosspiece of an anchor - see anchor illustration
5.
a) the original (as a person, race, or language) from which others derive - source
b) (1) the descendants of one individual - family lineage of European stock
(2) a compound organism
c) an infraspecific group usually having unity of descent
d) (1) a related group of languages
(2) a language family
6.
a) (1) the equipment, materials, or supplies of an establishment
(2) - livestock
b) a store or supply accumulated or available , especially the inventory of goods of a merchant or manufacturer
7.
a) archaic a supply of capital - funds , especially money or capital invested or available for investment or trading
b) (1) the part of a tally formerly given to the creditor in a transaction
(2) a debt or fund due (as from a government) for money loaned at interest , also British capital or a debt or fund bearing interest in perpetuity and not ordinarily redeemable as to principal
c) (1) the proprietorship element in a corporation usually divided into shares and represented by transferable certificates
(2) a portion of such stock of one or more companies
(3) - stock certificate
8.
any of a genus () of Old World herbs or subshrubs of the mustard family with racemes of usually sweet-scented flowers - Matthiola
9.
a wide band or scarf worn about the neck especially by some clergymen
10.
a) liquid in which meat, fish, or vegetables have been simmered that is used as a basis for soup, gravy, or sauce
b) (1) raw material from which something is manufactured
(2) paper used for printing
c) the portion of a pack of cards not distributed to the players at the beginning of a game
11.
a) (1) an estimate or evaluation of something - take stock of the situation
(2) the estimation in which someone or something is held - his stock with the electorate remains high Newsweek
b) confidence or faith placed in someone or something - put little stock in his testimony
12.
the production and presentation of plays by a stock company
13.
- stock car
transitive verb
1.
to make (a domestic animal) pregnant
2.
to fit to or with a stock
3.
to provide with stock or a stock - supply stock a stream with trout
4.
to procure or keep a stock of - our store stocks that brand
5.
intransitive verb
to graze (livestock) on land
1.
to send out new shoots
2.
to put in stock or supplies - stock up on canned goods
1.
a) kept regularly in stock - comes in stock sizes a stock model
b) commonly used or brought forward - standard the stock answer
2.
a) kept for breeding purposes - brood a stock mare
b) devoted to the breeding and rearing of livestock - a stock farm
c) used or intended for livestock - a stock train
d) used in herding livestock - a stock horse a stock dog
3.
of or relating to a stock company
4.
employed in handling, checking, or taking care of the stock of merchandise on hand - a stock clerk
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
stock (adjective)accepted, used, or practiced by most people
SYNONYMS:
conventional, customary, going, popular, prevailing, prevalent, standard, stock, usualRELATED WORDS:
average, common, everyday, normal, ordinary; regular, routine; epidemic, ubiquitous, universal, widespread; accustomed, wonted; fashionable, in, modish, stylishNEAR ANTONYMS:
abnormal, exceptional, extraordinary, uncommon1.
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
SYNONYMS:
blood, clan, folks, house, kin, kindred, kinfolk ( kinfolks), kinsfolk, line, lineage, people, race, stock, tribeRELATED WORDS:
blended family, nuclear family; extended family, household, kith; brood; descendant ( descendent), issue, offspring, progeny, scion, seed; clansman, kinsman, kinswoman, relative; dynastyNEAR ANTONYMS:
ancestry, birth, descent, extraction, origin, pedigree2.
a stupid person
SYNONYMS:
airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, bubblehead, chowderhead, chucklehead, clodpoll ( clodpole), clot, cluck, clunk, cretin, cuddy ( cuddie), deadhead, dim bulb, dimwit, dip, dodo, dolt, donkey, doofus, dope, dork, dullard, dumbbell, dumbhead, dum-dum, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, fathead, gander, golem, goof, goon, half-wit, hammerhead, hardhead, ignoramus, imbecile, jackass, know-nothing, knucklehead, lamebrain, loggerhead, loon, lump, lunkhead, meathead, mome, moron, mug, mutt, natural, nimrod, nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit, nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull ( numbskull), oaf, pinhead, prat, ratbag, saphead, schlub ( shlub), schnook, simpleton, stock, stupe, stupid, thickhead, turkey, woodenhead, yahoo, yo-yoRELATED WORDS:
booby, buffoon, fool, goose, loony, lunatic, madman, nut, zany; loser; gawk; featherbrain, scatterbrain; beast, boor, cad, churl, clown, creep, cur, heel, jerk, skunk, snake, stinker, villain; bimbette [], bimbo [], himboNEAR ANTONYMS:
egghead, intellect, intellectual, sage, thinker, whiz, wizard; polymath, Renaissance man; sharpie ( sharpy)3.
firm belief in the integrity, ability, effectiveness, or genuineness of someone or something
SYNONYMS:
confidence, credence, faith, stockRELATED WORDS:
acceptance, assurance, assuredness, certainty, certitude, conviction, positiveness, sureness, surety; credit, dependence ( dependance), hope, relianceNEAR ANTONYMS:
disbelief, incredulity, unbelief; distrustfulness, doubt, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrustfulness, nonconfidence, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainness, uncertainty; disenchantment, disillusion, disillusionment4.
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
SYNONYMS:
birth, blood, bloodline, breeding, descent, extraction, family tree, genealogy, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stock, strainRELATED WORDS:
heredity, succession; family, house; kin, kindred, relations, relatives; raceNEAR ANTONYMS:
offspring; child, heir, inheritor, son, successor5.
the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time
SYNONYMS:
budget, force, fund, inventory, pool, repertoire, reservoir, stockRELATED WORDS:
reserve, resource; cache, hoard, stockpile; refill, renewal, replacement; kitty, nest egg, pot, purse; fountain, mine, source, spring, well, wellspring