| stock | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. stock | the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity).; "he owns a controlling share of the company's stock" |
| ~ common shares, common stock, ordinary shares | stock other than preferred stock; entitles the owner to a share of the corporation's profits and a share of the voting power in shareholder elections.; "over 40 million Americans invest in common stocks" |
| ~ no-par-value stock, no-par stock | stock with no par value specified in the corporate charter or on the stock certificate. |
| ~ preference shares, preferred shares, preferred stock | stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights. |
| ~ float | the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public. |
| ~ common stock equivalent | preferred stock or convertible bonds or warrants that can be converted into common stock. |
| ~ control stock | shares owned by shareholders who have a controlling interest. |
| ~ growth stock | stock of a corporation that has had faster than average gains in earnings and is expected to continue to. |
| ~ hot issue, hot stock | newly issued stock that is in great public demand. |
| ~ share | any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate.; "he bought 100 shares of IBM at the market price" |
| ~ authorized shares, authorized stock, capital stock | the maximum number of shares authorized under the terms of a corporation's articles of incorporation. |
| ~ quarter stock | stock with a par value of $25/share. |
| ~ capital, working capital | assets available for use in the production of further assets. |
| ~ reacquired stock, treasury shares, treasury stock | stock that has been bought back by the issuing corporation and is available for retirement or resale; it is issued but not outstanding; it cannot vote and pays no dividends. |
| ~ voting stock | shares in a corporation that entitle the shareholder to voting and proxy rights. |
| ~ watered stock | stock representing ownership of overvalued assets; stock of a corporation whose total worth is less than its invested capital. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. inventory, stock | the merchandise that a shop has on hand.; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"; "they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory" |
| ~ merchandise, product, ware | commodities offered for sale.; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. gunstock, stock | the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun.; "the rifle had been fitted with a special stock" |
| ~ artillery, heavy weapon, gun, ordnance | large but transportable armament. |
| ~ gun | a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel). |
| ~ handgrip, handle, grip, hold | the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it.; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" |
| ~ machine gun | a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted). |
| ~ handgun, pistol, shooting iron, side arm | a firearm that is held and fired with one hand. |
| ~ pistol grip | a handle (as of a gun or saw) shaped like the butt of a pistol. |
| ~ support | any device that bears the weight of another thing.; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf" |
| n. (possession) | 4. stock, stock certificate | a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation.; "the value of his stocks doubled during the past year" |
| ~ share | any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate.; "he bought 100 shares of IBM at the market price" |
| ~ certificate, security | a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends.; "he held several valuable securities" |
| n. (possession) | 5. fund, stock, store | a supply of something available for future use.; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars" |
| ~ infrastructure, base | the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area.; "the industrial base of Japan" |
| ~ accumulation | (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation. |
| ~ hoard, stash, cache | a secret store of valuables or money. |
| ~ provision | a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms). |
| ~ government issue, military issue, issue | supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government. |
| ~ seed stock | a supply of seeds (or tubers) reserved for planting. |
| n. (group) | 6. ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock | the descendants of one individual.; "his entire lineage has been warriors" |
| ~ family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, folk, family | people descended from a common ancestor.; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" |
| ~ side | a family line of descent.; "he gets his brains from his father's side" |
| ~ family tree, genealogy | successive generations of kin. |
| n. (group) | 7. breed, stock, strain | a special variety of domesticated animals within a species.; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep" |
| ~ animal group | a group of animals. |
| ~ variety | (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics.; "varieties are frequently recognized in botany" |
| ~ bloodstock | thoroughbred horses (collectively). |
| ~ pedigree | line of descent of a purebred animal. |
| ~ species | (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed. |
| n. (food) | 8. broth, stock | liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces.; "she made gravy with a base of beef stock" |
| ~ soup | liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food. |
| ~ pot likker, pot liquor, liquor | the liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked. |
| ~ beef broth, beef stock | a stock made with beef. |
| ~ chicken broth, chicken stock | a stock made with chicken. |
| ~ stock cube | a cube of dehydrated stock. |
| n. (state) | 9. stock | the reputation and popularity a person has.; "his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor" |
| ~ reputation, repute | the state of being held in high esteem and honor. |
| n. (plant) | 10. caudex, stock | persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant. |
| ~ stalk, stem | a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ. |
| n. (plant) | 11. stock | a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants. |
| ~ plant part, plant structure | any part of a plant or fungus. |
| ~ rootstock | root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots. |
| n. (plant) | 12. gillyflower, stock | any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers. |
| ~ flower | a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms. |
| ~ genus matthiola, matthiola | genus of Old World plants grown as ornamentals. |
| ~ brompton stock, matthiola incana | European plant with racemes of sweet-scented flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamental. |
| n. (plant) | 13. malcolm stock, stock | any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia. |
| ~ flower | a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms. |
| ~ genus malcolmia, malcolmia | genus of plants usually found in coastal habitats; Mediterranean to Afghanistan. |
| n. (artifact) | 14. stock | lumber used in the construction of something.; "they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter" |
| ~ lumber, timber | the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material. |
| n. (artifact) | 15. stock | the handle end of some implements or tools.; "he grabbed the cue by the stock" |
| ~ bitstock, brace | a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring. |
| ~ butt, butt end | thick end of the handle. |
| ~ cue stick, pool cue, pool stick, cue | sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards. |
| ~ fishing pole, fishing rod | a rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in fishing to extend the fishing line. |
| ~ handgrip, handle, grip, hold | the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it.; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" |
| ~ whip | an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping. |
| n. (artifact) | 16. neckcloth, stock | an ornamental white cravat. |
| ~ cravat | neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front. |
| n. (animal) | 17. farm animal, livestock, stock | any animals kept for use or profit. |
| ~ eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal | mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials. |
| ~ carry | be able to feed.; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre" |
| v. (possession) | 18. carry, stock, stockpile | have on hand.; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?" |
| ~ have, have got, hold | have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense.; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard" |
| v. (possession) | 19. stock | equip with a stock.; "stock a rifle" |
| ~ equip, fit out, outfit, fit | provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose.; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities" |
| v. (possession) | 20. stock | supply with fish.; "stock a lake" |
| ~ animal husbandry | breeding and caring for farm animals. |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| ~ stock | supply with livestock.; "stock a farm" |
| v. (possession) | 21. stock | supply with livestock.; "stock a farm" |
| ~ animal husbandry | breeding and caring for farm animals. |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| ~ stock | supply with fish.; "stock a lake" |
| v. (possession) | 22. buy in, stock, stock up | amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use.; "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low" |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ overstock | stock excessively. |
| ~ understock | stock with less than the usual or desirable number or quantity. |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| v. (possession) | 23. stock | provide or furnish with a stock of something.; "stock the larder with meat" |
| ~ plant | place into a river.; "plant fish" |
| ~ restock | stock again.; "He restocked his land with pheasants" |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| v. (body) | 24. sprout, stock | put forth and grow sprouts or shoots.; "the plant sprouted early this year" |
| ~ acquire, develop, produce, grow, get | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes).; "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" |
| adj. | 25. banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn | repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" |
| ~ unoriginal | not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual.; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern" |
| adj. | 26. stock | routine.; "a stock answer" |
| ~ standard | conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind.; "windows of standard width"; "standard sizes"; "the standard fixtures"; "standard brands"; "standard operating procedure" |
| adj. | 27. standard, stock | regularly and widely used or sold.; "a standard size"; "a stock item" |
| ~ regular | in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle.; "his regular calls on his customers"; "regular meals"; "regular duties" |
| hoard | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. cache, hoard, stash | a secret store of valuables or money. |
| ~ fund, store, stock | a supply of something available for future use.; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars" |
| v. (possession) | 2. cache, hive up, hoard, lay away, squirrel away, stash | save up as for future use. |
| ~ lay aside, save up, save | accumulate money for future use.; "He saves half his salary" |
| v. (possession) | 3. accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up | get or gather together.; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" |
| ~ run up | pile up (debts or scores). |
| ~ corral | collect or gather.; "corralling votes for an election" |
| ~ collect, pull in | get or bring together.; "accumulate evidence" |
| ~ scrape up, scrape, scratch, come up | gather (money or other resources) together over time.; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living" |
| ~ chunk, lump | put together indiscriminately.; "lump together all the applicants" |
| ~ bale | make into a bale.; "bale hay" |
| ~ catch | take in and retain.; "We have a big barrel to catch the rainwater" |
| ~ fund | accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability.; "fund a medical care plan" |
| ~ fund | place or store up in a fund for accumulation. |
| ~ hive away, lay in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store, put in | keep or lay aside for future use.; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat" |
| keep | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. bread and butter, keep, livelihood, living, support, sustenance | the financial means whereby one lives.; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood" |
| ~ resource | available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed. |
| ~ amenities, comforts, conveniences, creature comforts | things that make you comfortable and at ease.; "all the comforts of home" |
| ~ maintenance | means of maintenance of a family or group. |
| ~ meal ticket | a source of income or livelihood. |
| ~ subsistence | minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting.; "social security provided only a bare subsistence" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. donjon, dungeon, keep | the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress. |
| ~ black hole of calcutta | a dungeon (20 feet square) in a fort in Calcutta where as many as 146 English prisoners were held overnight by Siraj-ud-daula; the next morning only 23 were still alive. |
| ~ castle | a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack. |
| ~ stronghold, fastness | a strongly fortified defensive structure. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. hold, keep | a cell in a jail or prison. |
| ~ jail cell, prison cell, cell | a room where a prisoner is kept. |
| v. (stative) | 4. hold, keep, maintain | keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g.,.; "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes" |
| ~ pressurise, pressurize | maintain a certain pressure.; "the airplane cabin is pressurized"; "pressurize a space suit" |
| ~ preserve, uphold, carry on, continue, bear on | keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last.; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions" |
| ~ hold over | keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time. |
| ~ conserve | keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change.; "Energy is conserved in this process" |
| ~ preserve | keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing.; "preserve the forest and the lakes" |
| ~ distance | keep at a distance.; "we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living" |
| ~ housekeep | maintain a household; take care of all business related to a household. |
| v. (stative) | 5. continue, go along, go on, keep, proceed | continue a certain state, condition, or activity.; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| ~ preserve, uphold, carry on, continue, bear on | keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last.; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions" |
| ~ hold | remain in a certain state, position, or condition.; "The weather held"; "They held on the road and kept marching" |
| ~ keep going, run on | continue uninterrupted.; "The disease will run on unchecked"; "The party kept going until 4 A.M." |
| ~ ride | continue undisturbed and without interference.; "Let it ride" |
| ~ continue | continue after an interruption.; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch" |
| v. (possession) | 6. hold on, keep | retain possession of.; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married" |
| ~ hold over, carry over | hold over goods to be sold for the next season. |
| ~ have, have got, hold | have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense.; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard" |
| ~ deny, refuse | refuse to let have.; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance" |
| ~ deduct, withhold, recoup | retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments.; "My employer is withholding taxes" |
| ~ save, preserve | to keep up and reserve for personal or special use.; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer" |
| ~ hive away, lay in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store, put in | keep or lay aside for future use.; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat" |
| ~ store | find a place for and put away for storage.; "where should we stow the vegetables?"; "I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some" |
| ~ keep back, retain, hold back, hold | secure and keep for possible future use or application.; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree" |
| ~ hold open, keep open, save, keep | retain rights to.; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger" |
| ~ harbour, harbor | keep in one's possession; of animals. |
| v. (social) | 7. keep, prevent | stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state.; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles" |
| ~ defend | be on the defensive; act against an attack. |
| ~ keep | hold and prevent from leaving.; "The student was kept after school" |
| ~ keep out, shut out, exclude, shut | prevent from entering; shut out.; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country" |
| ~ hold | keep from departing.; "Hold the taxi"; "Hold the horse" |
| ~ keep away | prevent from coming close.; "I tried to keep the child away from the pool" |
| ~ blank | keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning. |
| ~ hinder, impede | be a hindrance or obstacle to.; "She is impeding the progress of our project" |
| ~ rain out, wash out | prevent or interrupt due to rain.; "The storm had washed out the game" |
| v. (social) | 8. keep, observe | conform one's action or practice to.; "keep appointments"; "she never keeps her promises"; "We kept to the original conditions of the contract" |
| ~ make good | act as promised.; "make good on promises" |
| v. (cognition) | 9. keep, maintain, observe | stick to correctly or closely.; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees" |
| v. (possession) | 10. keep | look after; be the keeper of; have charge of.; "He keeps the shop when I am gone" |
| ~ have, have got, hold | have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense.; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard" |
| ~ conserve, maintain, preserve, keep up | keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction.; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts" |
| ~ preserve, keep | maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger.; "May God keep you" |
| v. (communication) | 11. keep, maintain | maintain by writing regular records.; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes" |
| ~ record, enter, put down | make a record of; set down in permanent form. |
| v. (stative) | 12. keep | supply with room and board.; "He is keeping three women in the guest cottage"; "keep boarders" |
| ~ lodge, accommodate | provide housing for.; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester" |
| v. (social) | 13. continue, keep, keep on, retain | allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature.; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many washings" |
| ~ sustain, keep up, prolong | lengthen or extend in duration or space.; "We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work" |
| ~ persist in, continue | do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop.; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"; "The landlord persists in asking us to move" |
| v. (consumption) | 14. keep, maintain, sustain | supply with necessities and support.; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep" |
| ~ patronage | support by being a patron of. |
| ~ reseed | maintain by seeding without human intervention.; "Some plants reseed themselves indefinitely" |
| ~ have, have got, hold | have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense.; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard" |
| ~ carry | keep up with financial support.; "The Federal Government carried the province for many years" |
| v. (stative) | 15. keep, stay fresh | fail to spoil or rot.; "These potatoes keep for a long time" |
| ~ remain, stay, rest | stay the same; remain in a certain state.; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week" |
| ~ preserve, keep | prevent (food) from rotting.; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh" |
| v. (social) | 16. celebrate, keep, observe | behave as expected during of holidays or rites.; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur" |
| ~ commemorate, mark | mark by some ceremony or observation.; "The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade" |
| ~ mourn | observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one. |
| ~ solemnise, solemnize | observe or perform with dignity or gravity.; "The King solemnized this day of morning" |
| v. (social) | 17. hold back, keep, keep back, restrain | keep under control; keep in check.; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool" |
| ~ hold | keep from exhaling or expelling.; "hold your breath" |
| ~ confine | prevent from leaving or from being removed. |
| ~ bottle up, suppress, inhibit | control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior. |
| ~ bottle up, suppress, inhibit | control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior. |
| ~ curb, control, hold in, contain, moderate, check, hold | lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits.; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" |
| v. (stative) | 18. keep, preserve | maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger.; "May God keep you" |
| ~ protect | shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage.; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain" |
| ~ keep | look after; be the keeper of; have charge of.; "He keeps the shop when I am gone" |
| v. (stative) | 19. keep | raise.; "She keeps a few chickens in the yard"; "he keeps bees" |
| ~ farm, produce, raise, grow | cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques.; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" |
| ~ herd | keep, move, or drive animals.; "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?" |
| v. (possession) | 20. hold open, keep, keep open, save | retain rights to.; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger" |
| ~ keep, hold on | retain possession of.; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married" |
| ~ book, reserve, hold | arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance.; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim's" |
| v. (possession) | 21. keep | store or keep customarily.; "Where do you keep your gardening tools?" |
| ~ keep | have as a supply.; "I always keep batteries in the freezer"; "keep food for a week in the pantry"; "She keeps a sixpack and a week's worth of supplies in the refrigerator" |
| ~ store | find a place for and put away for storage.; "where should we stow the vegetables?"; "I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some" |
| v. (possession) | 22. keep | have as a supply.; "I always keep batteries in the freezer"; "keep food for a week in the pantry"; "She keeps a sixpack and a week's worth of supplies in the refrigerator" |
| ~ have, have got, hold | have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense.; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard" |
| ~ keep | store or keep customarily.; "Where do you keep your gardening tools?" |
| v. (possession) | 23. keep, maintain | maintain for use and service.; "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips" |
| ~ have, have got, hold | have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense.; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard" |
| v. (contact) | 24. keep | hold and prevent from leaving.; "The student was kept after school" |
| ~ prevent, keep | stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state.; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles" |
| ~ detain, confine | deprive of freedom; take into confinement. |
| v. (change) | 25. keep, preserve | prevent (food) from rotting.; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh" |
| ~ freeze-dry | preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum.; "freeze-dry the strawberries" |
| ~ conserve | preserve with sugar.; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard" |
| ~ dehydrate, desiccate | preserve by removing all water and liquids from.; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip" |
| ~ pickle | preserve in a pickling liquid. |
| ~ salt | preserve with salt.; "people used to salt meats on ships" |
| ~ can, tin, put up | preserve in a can or tin.; "tinned foods are not very tasty" |
| ~ refrigerate | preserve by chilling.; "many foods must be refrigerated or else they will spoil" |
| ~ cure | prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve.; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay" |
| ~ corn | preserve with salt.; "corned beef" |
| ~ ready, cook, prepare, fix, make | prepare for eating by applying heat.; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" |
| ~ stay fresh, keep | fail to spoil or rot.; "These potatoes keep for a long time" |
| save | | |
| n. (act) | 1. save | (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring.; "the goalie made a brilliant save"; "the relief pitcher got credit for a save" |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| ~ prevention, bar | the act of preventing.; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza" |
| v. (social) | 2. relieve, salvage, salve, save | save from ruin, destruction, or harm. |
| ~ rescue, deliver | free from harm or evil. |
| v. (possession) | 3. preserve, save | to keep up and reserve for personal or special use.; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer" |
| ~ record, enter, put down | make a record of; set down in permanent form. |
| ~ keep, hold on | retain possession of.; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married" |
| ~ economize, husband, economise, conserve | use cautiously and frugally.; "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit" |
| v. (social) | 4. bring through, carry through, pull through, save | bring into safety.; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack" |
| ~ rescue, deliver | free from harm or evil. |
| v. (possession) | 5. save | spend less; buy at a reduced price. |
| ~ buy, purchase | obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction.; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store" |
| ~ scrimp, stint, skimp | subsist on a meager allowance.; "scratch and scrimp" |
| v. (possession) | 6. lay aside, save, save up | accumulate money for future use.; "He saves half his salary" |
| ~ cache, hive up, hoard, lay away, squirrel away, stash | save up as for future use. |
| v. (change) | 7. make unnecessary, save | make unnecessary an expenditure or effort.; "This will save money"; "I'll save you the trouble"; "This will save you a lot of time" |
| ~ foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid | keep from happening or arising; make impossible.; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" |
| v. (social) | 8. deliver, redeem, save | save from sins. |
| ~ organized religion, religion, faith | an institution to express belief in a divine power.; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him" |
| v. (social) | 9. save, spare | refrain from harming. |
| ~ favour, favor | treat gently or carefully. |
| ~ refrain, forbear | resist doing something.; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping" |
| v. (possession) | 10. economise, economize, save | spend sparingly, avoid the waste of.; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now" |
| ~ expend, spend, drop | pay out.; "spend money" |
| ~ tighten one's belt | live frugally and use less resources.; "In the new economy, we all have to learn to tighten our belts" |
| v. (communication) | 11. save, write | record data on a computer.; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk" |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| ~ record, tape | register electronically.; "They recorded her singing" |
| ~ overwrite | write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data.; "overwrite that file" |
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| n. (artifact) | 1. shop, store | a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services.; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod" |
| ~ bakehouse, bakery, bakeshop | a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold. |
| ~ barbershop | a shop where men can get their hair cut. |
| ~ bazaar, bazar | a shop where a variety of goods are sold. |
| ~ betting shop | a licensed bookmaker's shop that is not at the race track. |
| ~ bodega | a small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries. |
| ~ bookshop, bookstall, bookstore | a shop where books are sold. |
| ~ booth | a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment. |
| ~ boutique, dress shop | a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry. |
| ~ building supply house, building supply store | a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures. |
| ~ butcher shop, meat market | a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold. |
| ~ canteen | sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc.. |
| ~ chain store | one of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise. |
| ~ cleaners, dry cleaners | shop where dry cleaning is done. |
| ~ clothing store, haberdashery, haberdashery store, mens store | a store where men's clothes are sold. |
| ~ commissary | a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel). |
| ~ computer store | a store that sells computers to the small businessperson or personal user. |
| ~ candy store, confectionary, confectionery | a confectioner's shop. |
| ~ convenience store | a store selling a limited variety of food and pharmaceutical items; open long hours for the convenience of customers. |
| ~ deli, food shop, delicatessen | a shop selling ready-to-eat food products. |
| ~ apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, drugstore, pharmacy | a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold. |
| ~ florist shop, flower store, florist | a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold. |
| ~ gift shop, novelty shop | a shop that sells miscellaneous articles appropriate as gifts. |
| ~ hardware store, ironmonger's shop, ironmonger | a store selling hardware.; "in Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop" |
| ~ head shop | a shop specializing in articles of interest to drug users.; "he bought some roach clips and hashish pipes at the head shop" |
| ~ junk shop | a shop that sells cheap secondhand goods. |
| ~ mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet | a place of business for retailing goods. |
| ~ hat shop, millinery | shop selling women's hats. |
| ~ outfitter | a shop that provides equipment for some specific purpose.; "an outfitter provided everything needed for the safari" |
| ~ liquor store, off-licence, package store | a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere. |
| ~ loan office, pawnbroker's shop, pawnshop | a shop where loans are made with personal property as security. |
| ~ perfumery | store where perfumes are sold. |
| ~ pet shop | a shop where pet animals can be purchased. |
| ~ pizza parlor, pizza shop, pizzeria | a shop where pizzas are made and sold. |
| ~ fix-it shop, repair shop | a shop specializing in repairs and maintenance. |
| ~ beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty salon, beauty shop, salon | a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work. |
| ~ shoe-shop, shoe shop, shoe store | a shop where shoes are sold. |
| ~ shopfront, storefront | the front side of a store facing the street; usually contains display windows. |
| ~ specialty store | a store that sells only one kind of merchandise. |
| ~ second-hand store, thriftshop | a shop that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices. |
| ~ tobacco shop, tobacconist shop, tobacconist | a shop that sells pipes and pipe tobacco and cigars and cigarettes. |
| ~ toyshop | shop where toys are sold. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. computer memory, computer storage, memory, memory board, storage, store | an electronic memory device.; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached" |
| ~ computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically. |
| ~ computer hardware, hardware | (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system. |
| ~ memory device, storage device | a device that preserves information for retrieval. |
| ~ non-volatile storage, nonvolatile storage | computer storage that is not lost when the power is turned off. |
| ~ fixed storage, read-only memory, read-only storage, rom | (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed. |
| ~ real storage | the main memory in a virtual memory system. |
| ~ register | (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind. |
| ~ scratchpad | (computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information. |
| ~ virtual memory, virtual storage | (computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory; the addressable storage space available to the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses. |
| ~ volatile storage | computer storage that is erased when the power is turned off. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. depot, entrepot, storage, store, storehouse | a depository for goods.; "storehouses were built close to the docks" |
| ~ depositary, depository, repository, deposit | a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping. |
| ~ dump | a place where supplies can be stored.; "an ammunition dump" |
| ~ garner, granary | a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed. |
| ~ powder magazine, powder store, magazine | a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored. |
| ~ railhead | a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution. |
| ~ treasure house | a storehouse for treasures. |
| ~ storage warehouse, warehouse | a storehouse for goods and merchandise. |
| v. (possession) | 4. hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store | keep or lay aside for future use.; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat" |
| ~ bin | store in bins. |
| ~ keep, hold on | retain possession of.; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married" |
| ~ computerise, computerize | store in a computer.; "computerized dictionary" |
| ~ victual | lay in provisions.; "The vessel victualled before the long voyage" |
| ~ accumulate, collect, compile, amass, hoard, roll up, pile up | get or gather together.; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" |
| ~ hive | store, like bees.; "bees hive honey and pollen"; "He hived lots of information" |
| v. (possession) | 5. store | find a place for and put away for storage.; "where should we stow the vegetables?"; "I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some" |
| ~ garner | store grain. |
| ~ keep, hold on | retain possession of.; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married" |
| ~ keep | store or keep customarily.; "Where do you keep your gardening tools?" |
| ~ mothball | put into long-term storage. |
| ~ reposit | put (something) in a place for storage.; "the treasure found int he ancient tomb was reposited in the museum" |
| ~ wharf | store on a wharf.; "Wharf the merchandise" |
| ~ tank | store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it. |
| ~ loft | store in a loft. |
| ~ warehouse | store in a warehouse. |
| ~ garage | keep or store in a garage.; "we don't garage our car" |
| ~ bottle | store (liquids or gases) in bottles. |
| ~ ensile | store in a silo.; "ensile fodder for the cows" |
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