Collins English-English Dictionary

stock [stɑk]

1. 1. n gillyflower any of several plants of the genus Matthiola, such as M. incana and M. bicornis (evening or night-scented stock), of the Mediterranean region, cultivated for their brightly coloured flowers: Brassicaceae (crucifers)

2. 2. n [sometimes plural] the total goods or raw material kept on the premises of a shop or business

3. 3. n (as modifier)

   a stock clerk

   stock book

4. 4. n a supply of something stored for future use

   he keeps a good stock of whisky

5. 5. n [finance] the capital raised by a company through the issue and subscription of shares entitling their holders to dividends, partial ownership, and usually voting rights

6. 6. n the proportion of such capital held by an individual shareholder

7. 7. n the shares of a specified company or industry

8. 8. n (formerly) the part of an account or tally given to a creditor

9. 9. n the debt represented by this

10. 10. n standing or status

11. 11. n farm animals, such as cattle and sheep, bred and kept for their meat, skins, etc

12. 12. n (as modifier)

    stock farming

13. 13. n the trunk or main stem of a tree or other plant

14. 14. n [horticulture] a rooted plant into which a scion is inserted during grafting

15. 15. n a plant or stem from which cuttings are taken - See also rootstock

16. 16. n the original type from which a particular race, family, group, etc, is derived

17. 17. n a race, breed, or variety of animals or plants

18. 18. n [often plural] a small pen in which a single animal can be confined

19. 19. n a line of descent

20. 20. n any of the major subdivisions of the human species; race or ethnic group

21. 21. n the part of a rifle, sub-machine-gun, etc, into which the barrel and firing mechanism is set: held by the firer against the shoulder

22. 22. n the handle of something, such as a whip or fishing rod

23. 23. n the main body of a tool, such as the block of a plane

24. 24. n short for diestock gunstock rolling stock

25. 25. n (formerly) the part of a plough to which the irons and handles were attached

26. 26. n the main upright part of a supporting structure

27. 27. n a liquid or broth in which meat, fish, bones, or vegetables have been simmered for a long time

28. 28. n film material before exposure and processing

29. 29. n [metallurgy] a portion of metal cut from a bar upon which a specific process, such as forging, is to be carried out

30. 30. n the material that is smelted in a blast furnace

31. 31. n a long usually white neckcloth wrapped around the neck, worn in the 18th century and as part of modern riding dress

32. 32. n [cards] a pile of cards left after the deal in certain games, from which players draw

33. 33. n the repertoire of plays available to a repertory company

34. 34. n (as modifier)

    a stock play

35. 35. n (on some types of anchors) a crosspiece at the top of the shank under the ring

36. 36. n the centre of a wheel

37. 37. n an exposed igneous intrusion that is smaller in area than a batholith

38. 38. n a log or block of wood

39. 39. n See laughing stock

40. 40. n an archaic word for stocking

41. 41. n See lock

42. 42. adj staple, standard

    stock sizes in clothes

43. 43. adj [prenominal] being a cliché; hackneyed

    a stock phrase

44. 44. vt. [tr] to keep (goods) for sale

45. 45. vi. [intr; usually foll by up or up on] to obtain a store of (something) for future use or sale

    to stock up on beer

46. 46. vt. [tr] to supply with live animals, fish, etc

    to stock a farm

47. 47. vi. [intr] (of a plant) to put forth new shoots

48. 48. vt. [tr] [obsolete] to punish by putting in the stocks

49. 49. vt. See also stocks

50. 50. vt. [Etymology] Old English stocc trunk (of a tree), stem, stick (the various senses developed from these meanings, as trunk of a tree, hence line of descent; structures made of timber; a store of timber or other goods for future use, hence an aggregate of goods, animals, etc); related to Old Saxon, Old High German stock stick, stump