stock
verb/stɒk/
/stɑːk/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they stock | /stɒk/ /stɑːk/ |
| he / she / it stocks | /stɒks/ /stɑːks/ |
| past simple stocked | /stɒkt/ /stɑːkt/ |
| past participle stocked | /stɒkt/ /stɑːkt/ |
| -ing form stocking | /ˈstɒkɪŋ/ /ˈstɑːkɪŋ/ |
- stock something (of a shop) to keep a supply of a particular type of goods to sell
- Do you stock green tea?
- We stock a wide range of camping equipment.
- gift shops stocked with cheap souvenirs
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- plentifully
- well
- fully
- …
- with
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- [often passive] stock something (with something) to fill something with food, books, etc.
- The pond was well stocked with fish.
- a well-stocked library
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- plentifully
- well
- fully
- …
- with
Word OriginOld English stoc(c) ‘trunk, block of wood, post’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stok and German Stock ‘stick’. The notion ‘store, fund’ (senses (1) to (5)) arose in late Middle English and is of obscure origin, perhaps expressing “growth from a central stem” or “firm foundation”.
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