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English to English adjective
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Used or employed for constant service or application, as if constituting a portion of a stock or supply; standard; permanent; standing; as, a stock actor; a stock play; a stock sermon. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | | Example: bromidic sermons
his remarks were trite and commonplace
hackneyed phrases
a stock answer
repeating threadbare jokes
parroting some timeworn axiom
the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
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routine | | Example: a stock answer
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regularly and widely used or sold | | Example: a standard size
a stock item
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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
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the merchandise that a shop has on hand | | Example: they carried a vast inventory of hardware
they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory
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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
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a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation | | Example: the value of his stocks doubled during the past year
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a supply of something available for future use | | Example: he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars
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the descendants of one individual | | Example: his entire lineage has been warriors
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a special variety of domesticated animals within a species | | Example: he experimented on a particular breed of white rats
he created a new strain of sheep
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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
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the reputation and popularity a person has | | Example: his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor
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persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant | | source: wordnet30
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a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants | | source: wordnet30
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any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers | | source: wordnet30
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any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia | | source: wordnet30
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lumber used in the construction of something | | Example: they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter
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the handle end of some implements or tools | | Example: he grabbed the cue by the stock
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an ornamental white cravat | | source: wordnet30
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any animals kept for use or profit | | source: wordnet30
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The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk. | | source: webster1913
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Raw material; that out of which something is manufactured; as, paper stock. | | source: webster1913 verb
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have on hand | | Example: Do you carry kerosene heaters?
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equip with a stock | | Example: stock a rifle
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supply with fish | | Example: stock a lake
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supply with livestock | | Example: stock a farm
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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
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provide or furnish with a stock of something | | Example: stock the larder with meat
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put forth and grow sprouts or shoots | | Example: the plant sprouted early this year
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To lay up; to put aside for future use; to store, as merchandise, and the like. | | source: webster1913
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