Stocking in English dictionary

  • stocking

    Meanings and definitions of "Stocking"

    • A soft garment worn on the foot and lower leg, usually knit or woven, worn under shoes or other footwear.
    • Something like or suggesting such a garment.
    • To dress in stockings.
    • Present participle of stock.
    • noun
      A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear.
    • noun
      A broad ring of a different colour on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped.
    • noun
      A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.
    • verb
      present participle of [i]stock[/i]
    • garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
    • To keep a supply accumulated for future use. (Source: AMHER)
    • noun
      close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)
    • noun
      the activity of supplying a stock of something; "he supervised the stocking of the stream with trout"

    Synonyms of "Stocking" in English dictionary

    hose, supply, hosiery are the top synonyms of "Stocking" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Stocking

    • stocking ( third-person singular simple present stockings, present participle stockinging, simple past and past participle stockinged)
    • stocking ( plural  stockings)
    • stocking (plural stockings)
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