n. the handle end of some implements or tools; "he grabbed the cue by the stock"

n. lumber used in the construction of something; "they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter"

n. lumber used in the construction of something; "they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter"

n. a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants

n. 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"

n. the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"; "they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory"

n. an ornamental white cravat

n. 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"

n. 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"

n. any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia

n. any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers

n. persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant

n. a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation; "the value of his stocks doubled during the past year"

n. 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"

n. a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"

n. the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"

v. have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"

v. stock up on

adj. commonly used or supplied; "standard procedure"; "standard car equipment"

adj. repeated regularly without thought or originality; "ready-made phrases"

n. articles of commerce

n. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"

n. (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

n. a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"

n. (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species

n. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"

n. a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks"

n. a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity)

n. inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

n. group of people related by blood or marriage

n. a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family

n. aristocratic family line; "the House of York"

n. a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"

n. people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings"

n. a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian

n. any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race

v. save up as for future use

v. get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

v. feather one's nest; have a nest egg; "He saves half his salary"

v. put into a bank account; "She deposits her paycheck every month"

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

v. arrange into piles or stacks; "She piled up her books in my living room"

v. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"

v. secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"

v. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"

v. spend less; buy at a reduced price

adj. applying to all or most members of a category or group; "the general public"; "general assistance"; "a general rule"; "in general terms"; "comprehensible to the general reader"

adj. occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure; "grew the usual vegetables"; "the usual summer heat"; "came at the usual time"; "the child's usual bedtime"

adj. found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant

adj. conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events"

adj. exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category; "a typical American girl"; "a typical suburban community"; "the typical car owner drives 10,000 miles a year"; "a painting typical of the Impressionist school"; "a typical romantic poem"; "a typical case of arteritis"

adj. conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind; "windows of standard width"; "standard sizes"; "the standard fixtures"; "standard brands"; "standard operating procedure"

adj. not special in any way; "run-of-the-mill boxing"; "your run-of-the-mine college graduate"; "a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career"

adj. applicable to an entire class or group; "is there a generic Asian mind?"

adj. ignoring distinctions; "sweeping generalizations"; "wholesale destruction"

adj. broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"

adj. of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience"

adj. conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events"

adj. often used as intensifiers; "a regular morass of details"; "a regular nincompoop"; "he's a veritable swine"

adj. conforming to a standard or pattern; "following the regular procedure of the legislature"; "a regular electrical outlet"

adj. in accord with regular practice or procedure; "took his regular morning walk"; "her regular bedtime"

adj. representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned; "archetypal patterns"; "she was the prototypal student activist"

adj. encountered generally especially at the present time; "the prevailing opinion was that a trade war could be averted"; "the most prevalent religion in our area"; "speculation concerning the books author was rife"

adj. following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"

adj. lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"

adj. obvious and dull; "trivial conversation"; "commonplace prose"

adj. diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial greeting"; "a genial host"

adj. rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"

adj. (often followed by `to') in the habit of or adapted to; "accustomed to doing her own work"; "I've grown accustomed to her face"

adj. widely accepted as true or worthy; "the accepted wisdom about old age"; "a received moral idea"; "Received political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise"- Economist

adj. "lectured in a familiar style"

adj. typical or distinctive; "heard my friend's characteristic laugh"; "red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn"; "stripes characteristic of the zebra"

adj. easy to understand or use; "user-friendly computers"; "a consumer-friendly policy"; "a reader-friendly novel"

adj. deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention; "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing"

adj. capable of being foretold

adj. not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a prosaic and unimaginative essay"

adj. arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement; "a very uninteresting account of her trip"

adj. to be expected; standard; "common decency"

adj. tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"

adj. not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine"

v. obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"

adj. frequently encountered; "a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb `lay' for the intransitive `lie'";

adj. lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"

adj. changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose; "seeds precisely adapted to the area"; "instructions altered to suit the children's different ages"

adj. dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality; "bromidic sermons"

adj. 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'"

adj. marked by or given to imitation; "acting is an imitative art"; "man is an imitative being"

adj. resulting from or employing derivation; "a derivative process"; "a highly derivative prose style"

adj. identically copied from an original; "a duplicate key"

adj. lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"

adj. blindly imitative; "a slavish copy of the original"

adj. derived by copying something else; especially by following lines seen through a transparent sheet

n. the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue"