1. Close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural) 
2. The activity of supplying a stock of something
   "he supervised the stocking of the stream with trout"

1. Have on hand
   - carry, stockpile 
2. Equip with a stock
   "stock a rifle" 
3. Supply with fish
   "stock a lake" 
4. Supply with livestock
   "stock a farm" 
5. 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"
   - buy in, stock up 
6. Provide or furnish with a stock of something
   "stock the larder with meat" 
7. Put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
   - sprout

Derived forms: stockings

See also: stockist

Type of: acquire, develop, equip, fit, fit out, furnish, get, grow, have, have got, hold, hose [Brit], hosiery [Brit, Cdn], outfit, produce, provide, provision, render, supply, supplying

Part of: pantihose, pantyhose [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Stock, Aitken & Waterman Stock, Aitken, and Waterman Stock Stock, Essex Stock, Aitken and Waterman Records Stock, Aitken and Waterman

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