noun : STOCKS
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction ;
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2. (
) a frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod ;
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3. (
) a former instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes in which the feet (and sometimes the hands) of an offender could be locked ;
verb : STOCKS
Source: WordNet 3.1
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2. (
) equip with a stock; "stock a rifle" ;
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3. (
) supply with fish; "stock a lake" ;
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4. (
) supply with livestock; "stock a farm" ;
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6. (
) provide or furnish with a stock of something; "stock the larder with meat" ;
Adjective : STOCKS
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
- banal ,
- commonplace ,
- hackneyed ,
- old-hat ,
- shopworn ,
- stock ,
- threadbare ,
- timeworn ,
- tired ,
- trite ,
- well-worn
) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "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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2. (
) routine; "a stock answer" ;
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3. (
) regularly and widely used or sold; "a standard size"; "a stock item" ;
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