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

1. Have on hand
   "Do you stock kerosene heaters?";
   - carry, stockpile
    
2. 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"; "We stocked up on supplies before the storm";
   - buy in, stock up
    
3. Provide or furnish with a stock of something
   "stock the larder with meat"
    
4. Equip with a stock
   "stock a rifle"
    
5. (animal husbandry) supply with fish
   "stock a lake"
    
6. (animal husbandry) supply with livestock
   "stock a farm"
    
7. Put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
   "The pruned trees began to stock new branches";
   - sprout

Derived forms: stockings

See also: buy

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

Part of: pantihose, pantyhose [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Stocking, George