fresh vs stock

fresh

verb
  • to give birth to a calf. 

  • To rebore the barrel of a rifle or shotgun. 

  • To freshen up. 

  • To update. 

  • To pack (fish) loosely on ice. 

  • To flood or dilute an area of salt water with flowing fresh water. 

  • To become stronger. 

  • To renew. 

adj
  • Invigoratingly cool and refreshing. 

  • Rested; not tired or fatigued. 

  • Without salt; not saline. 

  • In a raw or untried state; uncultured; unpracticed. 

  • Sexually aggressive or forward; prone to caress too eagerly; overly flirtatious. 

  • Not dried, frozen, or spoiled. 

  • Newly produced or obtained; recent. 

  • Disobedient or rude, as of a child. 

  • Youthful; florid. 

  • Still green and not dried. 

  • Good, fashionable. 

  • Rude, cheeky, or inappropriate; presumptuous; disrespectful; forward. 

adv
  • recently; just recently; most recently 

noun
  • A stream or spring of fresh water. 

  • A rush of water, along a river or onto the land; a flood. 

  • The mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays, as by means of a flood of fresh water flowing toward or into the sea. 

stock

verb
  • To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale. 

  • To put in the stocks as punishment. 

  • To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place. 

  • To have on hand for sale. 

  • To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply. 

adj
  • Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic. 

  • Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock. 

  • Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car. 

noun
  • A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado. 

  • In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as trees, chains of salpae, etc. 

  • Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola. 

  • Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup. 

  • A stack of undealt cards made available to the players. 

  • The measure of how highly a person or institution is valued. 

  • The plant upon which the scion is grafted. 

  • A pipe (vertical cylinder of ore) 

  • Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings. 

  • The type of paper used in printing. 

  • Any of several types of security that are similar to a stock, or marketed like one. 

  • Lineage, family, ancestry. 

  • The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder. 

  • Plain soap before it is coloured and perfumed. 

  • The axle attached to the rudder, which transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder. 

  • The longest part of a split tally stick formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness. 

  • The tailstock of a lathe. 

  • The handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc. 

  • A share in a company. 

  • A necktie or cravat, particularly a wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as a part of formal wear for horse riding competitions. 

  • A store of goods ready for sale; inventory. 

  • A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar. 

  • A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post. 

  • Farm or ranch animals; livestock. 

  • A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes. 

  • A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle 

  • The population of a given type of animal (especially fish) available to be captured from the wild for economic use. 

  • A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings. 

  • The beater of a fulling mill. 

  • Stock theater, summer stock theater. 

  • A ski pole. 

  • A supply of anything ready for use. 

  • A larger grouping of language families: a superfamily or macrofamily. 

  • The headstock of a lathe, drill, etc. 

  • The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction. 

  • The price or value of the stock of a company on the stock market. 

  • Railroad rolling stock. 

  • The trunk and woody main stems of a tree. The base from which something grows or branches. 

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