Stock (stŏk), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Stocked (stŏkt); 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. Shak.
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. — 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.