Stock v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stocked p. pr. & vb. n. Stocking.]
 1. To lay up; to put aside for future use; to store, as merchandise, and the like.
 2. To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply; as, to stock a warehouse, that is, to fill it with goods; to stock a farm, that is, to supply it with cattle and tools; to stock land, that is, to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of grass.
 3. To suffer to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more previous to sale, as cows.
 4. To put in the stocks. [R.]
 To stock an anchor Naut., to fit it with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
 To stock cards Card Playing, to arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; -- also called to stack the deck. [Cant]
 To stock down Agric., to sow, as plowed land, with grass seed, in order that it may become swarded, and produce grass.
 To stock up, to extirpate; to dig up.
 stocked
      adj : furnished with more than enough; "rivers well stocked with
            fish"; "a well-stocked store" [syn: stocked with]