- 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'"
Antonym: original (indirect, via unoriginal)
- stock - routine; "a stock answer"
Antonym: nonstandard (indirect, via standard)
- standard, stock - regularly and widely used or sold; "a standard size"; "a stock item"
Antonym: irregular (indirect, via regular)
- stock - the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity); "he owns a controlling share of the company's stock"
--1 is a kind of capital, working capital
--1 has part: share
--1 has particulars:- broth, stock - liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces; "she made gravy with a base of beef stock"
--2 is a kind of soup
--2 has particulars:liquor, pot liquor, pot likker; beef broth, beef stock; chicken broth, chicken stock; stock cube - stock, inventory - the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"
--3 is a kind of merchandise, wares, product
Derived forms: verb stock5, verb stock1 - store, stock, fund - a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
--4 is a kind of accumulation
--4 has particulars:infrastructure, base; hoard, cache, stash; provision; issue, military issue, government issue; seed stock Derived forms: verb stock3, verb stock6, verb stock5, verb stock1 - livestock, stock, farm animal - not used technically; any animals kept for use or profit
--5 is a kind of placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
- lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
--6 is a kind of genealogy, family tree
--6 has particulars:family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry; breed; side - stock, gunstock - 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; "the rifle had been fitted with a special stock"
--7 is a kind of handle, grip, handgrip, hold; support
--7 is a part of
--7 has particulars: pistol grippistol, handgun, side arm, shooting iron; gun; artillery, heavy weapon, gun, ordnance; machine gun Derived form: verb stock2 - stock - the reputation and popularity a person has; "his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor"
--8 is a kind of repute, reputation
- breed, strain, stock - a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep"
--9 is a kind of variety; animal group
--9 is a member of species
--9 has particulars: bloodstock; pedigreeDerived form: verb stock4 - stock - lumber used in the construction of something; "they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter"
--10 is a kind of lumber, timber
- stock certificate, stock - a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation; "the value of his stocks doubled during the past year"
--11 is a kind of security, certificate
--11 has particulars: share- Malcolm stock, stock - any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
--12 is a kind of flower
--12 is a member of Malcolmia, genus Malcolmia- stock - a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
--13 is a kind of plant part, plant structure
--13 has particulars: rootstockDerived form: verb stock7 - stock, gillyflower - any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
--14 is a kind of flower
--14 is a member of Matthiola, genus Matthiola
--14 has particulars: brompton stock, Matthiola incana- stock - the handle end of some implements or tools; "he grabbed the cue by the stock"
--15 is a kind of handle, grip, handgrip, hold
--15 is a part of
--15 has particulars: brace, bitstock; butt, butt endfishing rod, fishing pole; whip; cue, cue stick, pool cue, pool stick - stock, caudex - persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
--16 is a kind of stalk, stem
- neckcloth, stock - an ornamental white cravat
--17 is a kind of cravat
- broth, stock - liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces; "she made gravy with a base of beef stock"
- stock, carry, stockpile - have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"
--1 is one way to have, have got, hold
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun stock4, noun stock3, noun stockist1
Somebody ----s something
- stock - equip with a stock; "stock a rifle"
--2 is one way to equip, fit, fit out, outfit
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun stock7
Somebody ----s something
- stock - supply with fish; "stock a lake"
--3 is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun stock4
Somebody ----s something
- stock - supply with livestock; "stock a farm"
--4 is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun stock9
Somebody ----s something
- stock, buy in - stock up on to keep for future use or sale; "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low"
--5 is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun stock3, noun stock4, noun stockist1
Somebody ----s something
- stock - provide or furnish with a stock of something; "stock the larder with meat"
--6 is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun stock4, noun stockist1, noun stocking2
They stock the lake with fish
- sprout, stock - put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year"
--7 is one way to grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun stock13
Something ----s