n. 1 supply, store, inventory, stockpile, reserve, reservoir, cache, hoard; wares, merchandise, goods, selection, assortment, range, variety, array One can select something suitable from the stock at the local wine shop 2 pedigree, bloodline, house, dynasty, (line of) descent, genealogy, extraction, roots, lineage, family, ancestry, parentage, breeding, heritage Her mother was concerned that she should marry someone of good stock 3 source, progenitor, creator, father, begetter, forefather, ancestor, precursor, forerunner, forebear; founder He might well provide the stock for a new line of kings 4 livestock, (domestic or farm) animals, cattle, beasts; horses, cows, oxen, sheep, goats Don't forget to water the stock before driving to the village 5 share, ownership, investment, capital, funds; property, assets He owned ten shares of stock in the corporation The company's stock is worth next to nothing today. 6 take stock. weigh (up), estimate, review, appraise, look at, Colloq size up We must take stock of the situation and decide what to do
adj. 7 routine, stereotyped, banal, clichéd, commonplace, usual, hackneyed, ordinary, stale, staple, run-of-the-mill, tired, old, everyday, customary, set, standard, traditional, trite, worn out, Colloq corny Ask him how he is and you always get his stock reply, 'Fair to meddling' 8 standard, ordinary, regular, routine, staple The shop does not carry 'extra tall' or 'extra short', only stock sizes
v. 9 carry, have, have or make available, handle, deal in, market, sell, supply, furnish, provide, offer, trade in, keep The shop stocked a wide range of hardware 10 Often, stock up (on). accumulate, amass, pile up, stockpile, hoard, store (up), cache, lay in, inventory Everyone stocked up on food in case the village was blocked by snow