Synonyms of the word stocking


STOCKINGHOSE - HOSIERY - PROVISION - SUPPLY - SUPPLYING

stocking

  • n. A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear.
  • n. A broad ring of a different colour on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped.
  • n. A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent…
  • v. present participle of stock.

hose

  • n. (countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
  • n. (uncountable) A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights.
  • n. (obsolete) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee.
  • v. (transitive) To water or spray with a hose.
  • v. (transitive) To deliver using a hose.
  • v. (transitive) To provide with hose (garment).
  • v. (transitive) To attack and kill somebody, usually using a firearm.
  • v. (transitive) To trick or deceive.
  • v. (transitive, computing) To break a computer so everything needs to be reinstalled; to wipe all files.

hosiery

  • n. Undergarments worn on the legs, such as socks, stockings, and pantyhose.
  • n. The business (practice, art) of a hosier, the practice of making hose.
  • n. A shop selling such undergarments.

provision

  • n. An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
  • n. The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
  • n. Money set aside for a future event.
  • n. (accounting) A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current…
  • n. (law) A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
  • n. (Roman Catholicism) Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
  • n. (Britain, historical) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron…
  • v. (transitive) To supply with provisions.
  • v. (transitive, computing) To supply (a user) with an account, resources, etc. so that they can use a system.

supply

  • v. (transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
  • v. (transitive) To furnish or equip with.
  • v. (transitive) To fill up, or keep full.
  • v. (transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
  • v. (transitive) To serve instead of; to take the place of.
  • v. (intransitive) To act as a substitute.
  • v. (transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office;…
  • n. (uncountable) The act of supplying.
  • n. (countable) An amount of something supplied.
  • n. (in the plural) provisions.
  • n. (chiefly in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual…
  • n. Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
  • adv. Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.

supplying

  • v. present participle of supply.

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