Synonyms: livestock, farm animal, stock
Definition: any animals kept for use or profit
Similar words: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal
Definition: mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
Definition: an ornamental white cravat
Similar words: cravat
Definition: neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front
Definition: the merchandise that a shop has on hand
Usage: they carried a vast inventory of hardware; they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory
Similar words: merchandise, product, ware
Definition: commodities offered for sale
Usage: good business depends on having good merchandise; that store offers a variety of products
Synonyms: stock
Definition: the handle end of some implements or tools
Usage: he grabbed the cue by the stock
Similar words: handgrip, handle, grip, hold
Definition: the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
Usage: he grabbed the hammer by the handle; it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip
Definition: 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
Usage: the rifle had been fitted with a special stock
Similar words: handgrip, handle, grip, hold
Definition: the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
Usage: he grabbed the hammer by the handle; it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip
Similar words: support
Definition: any device that bears the weight of another thing
Usage: there was no place to attach supports for a shelf
Synonyms: stock
Definition: lumber used in the construction of something
Usage: they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter
Definition: the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
Definition: liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces
Usage: she made gravy with a base of beef stock
Similar words: soup
Definition: liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food
Synonyms: stock, strain, breed
Definition: a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
Usage: he experimented on a particular breed of white rats; he created a new strain of sheep
Similar words: animal group
Definition: a group of animals
Similar words: variety
Definition: (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics
Usage: varieties are frequently recognized in botany
Synonyms: pedigree, parentage, origin, blood, blood line, bloodline, ancestry, line, line of descent, lineage, descent, stemma, stock
Definition: the descendants of one individual
Usage: his entire lineage has been warriors
Similar words: family tree, genealogy
Definition: successive generations of kin
Synonyms: Malcolm stock, stock
Definition: any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
Similar words: flower
Definition: a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
Synonyms: stock, gillyflower
Definition: any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
Similar words: flower
Definition: a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
Synonyms: stock
Definition: a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
Similar words: plant part, plant structure
Definition: any part of a plant or fungus
Definition: persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
Definition: a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
Synonyms: stock
Definition: the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)
Usage: he owns a controlling share of the company's stock
Similar words: working capital, capital
Definition: assets available for use in the production of further assets
Definition: a supply of something available for future use
Usage: he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars
Similar words: accumulation
Definition: (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation
Synonyms: stock, stock certificate
Definition: a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation
Usage: the value of his stocks doubled during the past year
Similar words: security, certificate
Definition: a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends
Usage: he held several valuable securities
Synonyms: stock
Definition: the reputation and popularity a person has
Usage: his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor
Similar words: reputation, repute
Definition: the state of being held in high esteem and honor
Definition: put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
Usage: the plant sprouted early this year
Similar words: grow, get, acquire, produce, develop
Definition: come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
Usage: He grew a beard; The patient developed abdominal pains; I got funny spots all over my body; Well-developed breasts
Synonyms: stock, stockpile, carry
Definition: have on hand
Usage: Do you carry kerosene heaters?
Similar words: hold, have, have got
Definition: have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
Usage: She has $1,000 in the bank; He has got two beautiful daughters; She holds a Master's degree from Harvard
Synonyms: stock
Definition: provide or furnish with a stock of something
Usage: stock the larder with meat
Similar words: supply, render, provide, furnish
Definition: give something useful or necessary to
Usage: We provided the room with an electrical heater
Synonyms: stock, stock up, buy in
Definition: amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use
Usage: let's stock coffee as long as prices are low
Similar words: supply, render, provide, furnish
Definition: give something useful or necessary to
Usage: We provided the room with an electrical heater
Synonyms: stock
Definition: supply with livestock
Usage: stock a farm
Similar words: supply, render, provide, furnish
Definition: give something useful or necessary to
Usage: We provided the room with an electrical heater
Synonyms: stock
Definition: supply with fish
Usage: stock a lake
Similar words: supply, render, provide, furnish
Definition: give something useful or necessary to
Usage: We provided the room with an electrical heater
Synonyms: stock
Definition: equip with a stock
Usage: stock a rifle
Similar words: outfit, equip, fit, fit out
Definition: provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
Usage: The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities
Synonyms: trite, timeworn, tired, stock, threadbare, old-hat, hackneyed, commonplace, banal, shopworn, well-worn
Definition: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Usage: 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'
Similar words: unoriginal
Definition: not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual
Usage: the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations; his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern- Gwethalyn Graham
Definition: regularly and widely used or sold
Usage: a standard size; a stock item
Similar words: regular
Definition: in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle
Usage: his regular calls on his customers; regular meals; regular duties
Synonyms: stock
Definition: routine
Usage: a stock answer
Similar words: standard
Definition: conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind
Usage: windows of standard width; standard sizes; the standard fixtures; standard brands; standard operating procedure