stocking
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4.0
- noun
- /ˈstɑkɪŋ/
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- The organization organized stockings of supplies to support families in need during the winter.
- stocking stuffers
- Christmas stockings
- fill our stockings
And my basement needs stocking and I just don't, I generally don't really have pop right now.
- And my basement needs stocking and I just don't, I generally don't really have pop right now.
Examples
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The biologists conducted several stockings of fish in the lake to ensure a healthy ecosystem.
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Stocking fish and other aquatic species to supplement declining natural populations is a common management practice.
Academic text (2009) -
Ninety-five percent of all the stockings were manufactured in Indiana prior to the war.
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I want a traditional Christmas with snow and stockings and eggnog and carolers.
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Usually, my family went home after church to hang stockings and leave out carrots for the reindeer.
Fiction book (2002) -
Accustomed to the cold, though, he neither shivered nor hurried as he pulled on stockings and a shirt.
Fiction book (1992) -
Among the garments at her feet lay winter wrappers, skirts, and woolen stockings.
Fiction book (1997) -
Sally wore stockings as a matter of routine; stockings or she went bare-legged. She said pantyhose had no allure.
Fiction book (2000) -
Farmers often engage in stockings throughout the year to maintain their livestock's population.
Synonyms
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1.3
The act of providing things people need
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3.9
A delivery of more food, water, or equipment when things run low
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4.9
Filling something again by giving more of what was used
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4.1
Giving people or places the tools they need for a task
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1.6
Putting more of something into something that is almost empty, like a printer or water cooler
The act of supplying food and other things people need
Antonyms
Compounds
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A small gift, often candy or a toy, that people put in a Christmas stocking
- US
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3.6
A tight knitted wool cap that covers the head and ears, often with a point or tassel
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1.0
A large sock that children hang by the fireplace for Santa to fill with small gifts at Christmas
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2.6
A thin close-fitting covering for the foot and leg made of nylon and worn by women
- NSFW
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A tight one-piece underwear that covers the torso and sometimes arms and legs
- Specialized
A tight stretchy piece of clothing for the leg that lowers pressure in veins and reduces swelling
- Archaic
A way of living for rich people with expensive comforts and privilege
How Supplied
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word stocking in the sense of supplying goods comes from the common word stock meaning 'supply' or 'store' plus the ending -ing for an action, so stocking is simply the act of filling or supplying a stock.