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rebuild Verb

— If you rebuild something, you build it again. He had to completely rebuild his house after the tornado destroyed it.

the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.

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stock Noun

— Your stock is the collection of things that you have available, usually to sell. It depend on where the store got its stock from. Storms cause a great deal of damage to the nation's housing stock. Going out of business! All stock must be sold. They kept a stock of food in the basement. Publishing such experiments adds to our stock of knowledge. Police found a stock of weapons in the house. I asked the stock boy where to find the juice. Overfishing has wiped out much of the world's fish stocks. — If something is in stock it is at the store and available for sale. I think we have five more in stock. — If something is out of stock it is not at the store and available for sale. I'm sorry, we're all out of stock. — Stock is a basic soup made from boiling meat, bones, or vegetables. Add a cup of chicken stock and half a cup of cream and cook for 10 minutes. — If you take stock of a situation, you think about it and plan what to do next.

stock Verb

— If a store stocks a product, it has it available to be sold. They are expensive, and most stores won't stock them. — If you stock mathx/math with mathy/math, you fill mathx/math with mathy/math. I've stocked the fridge with beer for the party. — If you stock up on something, you get more than you use in a short time. Residents there are stocking up on food and water for the winter.

stock Adjective

— If something is stock, it is the usual one with no special changes or additions. The car's engine, tires, brakes and steering are all stock. The stories are boring and rely on stock characters. Just get any stock photo of a business meeting.

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