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stocked

stocked is the simple past and past participle of stock.

Meaning of stock

Verb

stock (third-person singular simple present stocks, present participle stocking, simple past and past participle stocked)

  1. To have on hand for sale.
    • The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.
  2. To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
    • to stock a warehouse with goods
  3. To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
  4. To put in the stocks as punishment.
    • Poor Tom, that[…]eats cow-dung for sallets; swallows the old rat, and the ditch-dog; drinks the green mantle of the standing pool; who is whipp'd from tything to tything, and stock'd, punish'd, and imprison'dc. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  5. To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
  6. (dated) To arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; to stack the deck.

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Adjective

stocked (not comparable)

  1. Having been replenished with stock.
    • a well-stocked fridge

Words formed from stocked

Phrases with stocked

Questions about stocked

What does stocked mean?
Stocked means having been replenished with stock.
What is stocked the simple past and past participle of?
Stocked is the simple past and past participle of stock.
What part of speech is stocked?
Stocked is an adjective.

Words near stocked in the dictionary

  1. Stockdalewath
  2. stockdollager
  3. stockdollagers
  4. stockdove
  5. stockdoves
  6. stocked
  7. stocked down
  8. stocked up
  9. stocken
  10. stockens
  11. stocker

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