n.

1. the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)
   
   • he owns a controlling share of the company's stock
2. liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces;
   broth
   
   • she made gravy with a base of beef stock
3. the merchandise that a shop has on hand;
   inventory
   
   • they carried a vast inventory of hardware
   • they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory
4. a supply of something available for future use;
   store, fund
   
   • he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars
5. not used technically; any animals kept for use or profit;
   livestock, farm animal
6. the descendants of one individual;
   lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma
   
   • his entire lineage has been warriors
7. 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;
   gunstock
   
   • the rifle had been fitted with a special stock
8. the reputation and popularity a person has
   
   • his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor
9. a special variety of domesticated animals within a species;
   breed, strain
   
   • he experimented on a particular breed of white rats
   • he created a new strain of sheep
10. lumber used in the construction of something
    
    • they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter
11. a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation;
    stock certificate
    
    • the value of his stocks doubled during the past year
12. any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia;
    Malcolm stock
13. a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
14. any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers;
    gillyflower
15. the handle end of some implements or tools
    
    • he grabbed the cue by the stock
16. persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant;
    caudex
17. an ornamental white cravat;
    neckcloth

v.

1. have on hand;
   carry, stockpile
   
   • Do you carry kerosene heaters?
2. equip with a stock
   
   • stock a rifle
3. supply with fish
   
   • stock a lake
4. supply with livestock
   
   • stock a farm
5. stock up on to keep for future use or sale;
   buy in
   
   • let's stock coffee as long as prices are low
6. provide or furnish with a stock of something
   
   • stock the larder with meat
7. put forth and grow sprouts or shoots;
   sprout
   
   • the plant sprouted early this year

adj.

1. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
   banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
   
   • 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'
2. routine
   
   • a stock answer
3. regularly and widely used or sold;
   standard
   
   • a standard size
   • a stock item