Meaning

6 senses
  1. To have on hand for sale.

    The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.

    have on hand

  2. To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.

    to stock a warehouse with goods

    to stock a farm, i.e. to supply it with cattle and tools

  3. To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.

  4. To put in the stocks as punishment.

  5. To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.

  6. (dated)To arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; to stack the deck.

Examples

408 sentences
  1. He's making a lot of money in the stock market.

    Він заробляє багато грошей на біржі. — aandrusiak

    deEr verdient auf dem Aktienmarkt ziemlich viel Geld. — xtofu80

  2. Why did the stock market crash?

    Чому обвалився фондовий ринок? — deniko

    ruПочему обвалился фондовый рынок? — odexed

  3. Why do stocks go up and down?

    Чому біржеві ціни піднімаються та опускаються? — deniko

  4. Tom invested his money in stocks.

    Том вклав свої гроші в акції. — Balamax

    ruТом вложил свои деньги в акции. — Balamax

    deTom investierte sein Geld in Aktien. — wolfgangth

  5. The stock market has dropped today.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English stok, from Old English stocc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk, from Pr

From Middle English stok, from Old English stocc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“tree-trunk”).

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Forms

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

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personsstocked

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stock

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • the stock market
  • stock market
  • stock prices
  • out of stock
  • in the stock
  • stock market is

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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