stocks

Noun

• a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction
• a frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod
• 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
• the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)
• the merchandise that a shop has on hand
• 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
• a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation
  • "the value of his stocks doubled during the past year"
• a supply of something available for future use
• the descendants of one individual
• a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
• liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces
• the reputation and popularity a person has
• persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
• a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
• any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
• any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
• lumber used in the construction of something
• the handle end of some implements or tools
• an ornamental white cravat
• any animals kept for use or profit
• plural of stock
• A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.
• The frame upon which a ship is built, and from which it is launched.

Verb

• have on hand
• equip with a stock
• supply with fish
• supply with livestock
• amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use
• provide or furnish with a stock of something
• put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
• third-person singular simple present indicative of stock

Synonyms

ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, breed, broth, buy in, carry, caudex, descent, farm animal, fund, gillyflower, gunstock, inventory, line, line of descent, lineage, livestock, Malcolm stock, neckcloth, origin, parentage, pedigree, sprout, stemma, stock, stock certificate, stock up, stockpile, store, strain