STOCKING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the activity of supplying a stock of something
   Usage Example(s)
   • he supervised the stocking of the stream with trout
   Hypernyms(s) stocking is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • provision (what does provision mean?)
   • supply (what does supply mean?)
   • supplying (what does supplying mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • stock (what does stock mean?)
2. Meaning
   • close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg
   • come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)
   Hypernyms(s) stocking is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • hosiery (what does hosiery mean?)
   • hose (what does hose mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • boothose (what does boothose mean?)
   • Christmas stocking (what does Christmas stocking mean?)
   • nylons (what does nylons mean?)
   • nylon stocking (what does nylon stocking mean?)
   • rayons (what does rayons mean?)
   • rayon stocking (what does rayon stocking mean?)
   • silk stocking (what does silk stocking mean?)
   • support hose (what does support hose mean?)
   • support stocking (what does support stocking mean?)

STOCKING as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • wearing stockings
   Synonym(s)
   • stockinged (what does stockinged mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • walks about in his stockinged (or stocking) feet
   Similar To
   • unshod (what does unshod mean?)
   • unshoed (what does unshoed mean?)