Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive)To acquire or increase stock or inventory.

    Q: What about fuel oil? A: We plan to stock up before November.

    Q: What about food? A: We're planning to stock up on canned goods before November.

    eindecken

    запаса́тьсяzapasátʹsja, запасти́сьzapastísʹ

  2. (intransitive)To swell up (usually refers to edema in a leg).

  3. To extirpate; to dig up.

More definitions
  • amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use

Examples

28 sentences
  1. Why do stocks go up and down?

    Чому біржеві ціни піднімаються та опускаються? — deniko

  2. We should stock up for the winter.

  3. We must stock up for the winter.

  4. We need to stock up for the winter.

  5. We have to stock up for the winter.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
acquire or increase stock:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
acquire or increase stock:

Forms

stocks up, stocking up, stocked up, stocked up
Base formstock up · to stock up
3rd person singularstocks up
Present participlestocking up
Past simplestocked up
Past participlestocked up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystock up
he, she, itstocks up

Past simpleLesson

all personsstocked up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stocked up
he, she, ithas stocked up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stock up

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use:stockbuy in

Word family

1 related words
Derivedstock-up

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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