overstock
overstock verb: to stock to an excessive degree.
Verb
overstock (third-person singular simple present overstocks, present participle overstocking, simple past and past participle overstocked)
- To stock to an excessive degree.
- Antonyms:
- understock
Noun
overstock (plural overstocks)
- An excessive stock; a surplus or glut.
- Near-synonym: oversupply
- This overstock of beauty, for which there are so few bidders, calls for an immediate supply of lovers and husbands […]1794, The Tatler, volume 4, page 24
- Synonyms:
- oversupply
- Antonyms:
- stockout
overstock meaning in Hindi and Kannada
overstock in Hindi
- to overstock, amass
- पाटना pāṭnā
overstock in Kannada
- ಮಿತಿಮೀರಿದ ದಾಸ್ತಾನು, ಅಧಿಕ ದಾಸ್ತಾನು
Synonyms of overstock
Antonyms
Forms of overstock
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | overstocks |
| present participle | overstocking |
| past participle | overstocked |
| past | overstocked |
| Noun | |
| plural | overstocks |
Origin of overstock
From over- + stock.
Words that rhyme with overstock
Questions about overstock
- What does overstock mean?
- Overstock means to stock to an excessive degree.
- What is overstock in Hindi?
- Overstock in Hindi is पाटना (pāṭnā). See Overstock meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is overstock?
- Overstock can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of overstock?
- The past tense of overstock is overstocked.
Words near overstock in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: overstock (page history and authors); पाटना (Hindi) (page history and authors); overstock (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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