1. (

• stocks ,

) a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction ;

2. (

• stocks ,

) a frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod ;

3. (

• stocks

) 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 ;

1. (

• stock ,
• carry ,
• stockpile

) have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?" ;

2. (

• stock ,

) equip with a stock; "stock a rifle" ;

3. (

• stock ,

) supply with fish; "stock a lake" ;

4. (

• stock ,

) supply with livestock; "stock a farm" ;

5. (

• stock ,
• buy_in ,
• stock_up

) amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use; "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low" ;

6. (

• stock ,

) provide or furnish with a stock of something; "stock the larder with meat" ;

7. (

• sprout ,
• stock ,

) put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year" ;

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'" ;

2. (

• stock

) routine; "a stock answer" ;

3. (

• standard ,
• stock

) regularly and widely used or sold; "a standard size"; "a stock item" ;