Old Definition–adjective | 1. | far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree. | | 2. | of or pertaining to the
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latter part of the life or term of existence of a person or thing: old age. | | 3. | as if or appearing to be far advanced in years: Worry had made him old. | | 4. | having lived or existed for a specified time: a man 30 years old; a century-old organization. | | 5. | having lived or existed as specified with relation to younger or newer persons or things: Jim is our oldest boy. | | 6. | having been aged for a specified time: This whiskey is eight years old. | | 7. | having been aged for a comparatively long time: old brandy. | | 8. | long known or in use: the same old excuse. | | 9. | overfamiliar to the point of tedium: Some jokes get old fast. | | 10. | belonging to the past: the good old days. | | 11. | having been in existence since the distant past: a fine old family. | | 12. | no longer in general use: This typewriter is an old model. | | 13. | acquired, made, or in use by one prior to the acquisition, making, or use of something more recent: When the new house was built, we sold the old one. | | 14. | of, pertaining to, or originating at an earlier period or date: old maps. | | 15. | prehistoric; ancient: There may have been an old land bridge between Asia and Alaska. | | 16. | (initial capital letter ) (of a language) in its oldest
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known period, as attested by the earliest written records: Old Czech. | | 17. | experienced: He's an old hand at welding. | | 18. | of long standing; having been such for a comparatively long time: an old and trusted employee. | | 19. | (of colors) dull, faded, or subdued: old rose. | | 20. | deteriorated through age or long use; worn, decayed, or dilapidated: old clothes. | | 21. | Physical Geography. (of landforms) far advanced in reduction by erosion or the like. | | 22. | sedate, sensible, mature, or wise: That child seems old beyond his years. | | 23. | (used to indicate affection, familiarity, disparagement, or a personalization): good old Bob; that dirty old jalopy. | | 24. | Informal. (used as an intensive) great; uncommon: a high old time. | | 25. | former; having been so formerly: a dinner for his old students. | –noun | 26. | (used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually prec. by the): appropriations to care for the old. | | 27. | a person or animal of a specified age or age group (used in combination): a class for six-year-olds; a horse race for three-year-olds. | | 28. | old or former time, often time long past: days of old. | |
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Stock Definition–noun | 1. | a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory. | | 2. | a quantity of something accumulated, as for future use: a stock of provisions. | | 4. | Theater. a stock company: a job in summer stock. | | 5. | Finance. | a. | the outstanding capital of a company or corporation. | | b. | the shares of a particular company or corporation. | | c. | the certificate of ownership of such stock; stock certificate. | | d. | (formerly) a tally or stick used in transactions between a debtor and a creditor. | | | 6. | Horticulture. | a. | Also called understock. in grafting, a stem in which the bud or scion is inserted. | | b. | a stem, tree, or plant that furnishes slips or cuttings; stock plant. | | | 7. | the trunk or main stem of a tree or other
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Compare family (def. 14), phylum (def. 2). | | 13. | any grouping of related languages. | | 14. | the handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc. | | 15. | Firearms. | a. | the wooden or metal piece to which the barrel and mechanism of a rifle are attached. | | b. | a part of an automatic weapon, as a machine gun, similar in position or function. | | | 16. | the trunk or stump of a tree, left standing. | | 17. | a dull or stupid person. | | 18. | something lifeless or senseless. | | 19. | the main upright part of anything, esp. a supporting structure. | | 20. | stocks, | a. | a former instrument of punishment consisting of a framework with holes for securing the ankles and, sometimes, the wrists, used to expose an offender to public derision. Compare pillory (def. 1). | | b. | a frame in which a horse or other animal is secured in a standing position for shoeing or for a veterinary operation. | | c. | the frame on which a boat rests while under construction. | | | 21. | Nautical. | a. | a vertical shaft forming part of a rudder and controlling the rudder's movement. | | b. | a transverse piece of wood or metal near the ring on some anchors. | | | 22. | the metal or wooden body of a carpenter's plane. | | 23. | Metallurgy. | a. | material being smelted in a blast furnace. | | b. | a metal piece to be forged. | | | 24. | Printing. | a. | a specified quality or kind of paper: glossy stock; card stock; offset stock. | | b. | the paper for printing a particular job: We don't have enough stock for that large a run. | | | 25. | the raw material from which something is made. | | 26. | Papermaking. stuff (def. 15). | | 27. | Cookery. the liquor or broth prepared by boiling meat, fish, chicken, etc., with or without vegetables or seasonings, and used esp. as a foundation for soups and sauces. | | 28. | any of several plants belonging to the genus Matthiola, of the mustard family, esp. M. incana, having fragrant white, blue, purple, reddish, or yellowish flowers. | | 29. | a rhizome or rootstock. | | 30. | Zoology. a compound organism, as a colony of corals. | | 31. | a collar or a neckcloth fitting like a band around the neck. | | 32. | Cards. the portion of a pack of cards that, in certain games, is not dealt out to the players, but is left on the table, to be drawn from as occasion requires. | | 33. | an adjustable wrench for holding dies for cutting screws. | | 37. | Roman Catholic Church. one of a set of three metal containers for holy oil. | | 38. | Geology, Mining. an irregular igneous intrusion, usually an offshoot of a batholith, often mineralized. | | 40. | Obsolete. the frame of a plow to which the share, handles, etc., are attached. | –adjective | 41. | kept regularly on hand, as for use or sale; staple; standard: stock articles. | | 42. | having as one's job the care of a concern's goods: a stock clerk. | | 43. | of the common or ordinary type; in common use: a stock argument. | | 44. | banal; commonplace: a stock remark. | | 45. | pertaining to or designating the breeding and raising of livestock: stock farming. | | 46. | Southern U.S. (chiefly Southern Appalachian and South Atlantic States). (of farm animals) being a fully grown male: a stock hog. | | 47. | of or pertaining to the stock of a company or corporation: a stock report. | | 48. | Theater. | a. | pertaining to a stock company. | | b. | appearing together in a repertoire, as a company. | | c. | forming part of a repertoire, as a play. | | d. | being a character type fixed by convention, as in the commedia dell'-arte, a harlequinade, minstrel show, or the like. | | | 49. | Informal. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a stock car. | –verb (used with object) | 50. | to furnish with a stock or supply. | | 51. | to furnish with stock, as a farm with horses, cattle, etc. | | 52. | to lay up in store, as for future use. | | 53. | to fasten to or provide with a stock, as a rifle, plow, bell, anchor, etc. | | 54. | to put in the stocks as a punishment. | –verb (used without object) | 55. | to lay in a stock of something (often fol. by up). —Idioms | 56. | in stock, on hand for use or sale: There are no more blue skirts in stock. | | 57. | lock, stock, and barrel. lock 1 (def. 29). | | 58. | on the stocks, | a. | under construction, as esp. a ship. | | b. | in progress or preparation: a new novel on the stocks. | | | 59. | out of stock, lacking a supply of, esp. temporarily: We are out of stock in this item. | | 60. | take or put stock in, to put confidence in or attach importance to; believe; trust: Considering his general unreliability, I can't take stock in what he has told you. | | 61. | take stock, | a. | to make an inventory of stock on hand. | | b. | to make an appraisal of resources or prospects: She took stock of her decorating scheme and decided it was time for a change. | | |
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Quote Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc. | | 2. | to repeat words from (a book, author, etc.). | | 3. | to use a brief excerpt from: The composer quotes Beethoven's Fifth in his latest work. | | 4. | to cite, offer, or bring forward as evidence or support. | | 5. | to enclose (words) within quotation marks. | | 6. | Commerce. | b. | to state the current price of. | | –verb (used without object) | 7. | to make a quotation or quotations, as from a book or author. | | 8. | (used by a speaker to indicate the beginning of a quotation.) | –noun —Idiom | 11. | quote unquote, so called; so to speak; as it were: If you're a liberal, quote unquote, they're suspicious of you. | |
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