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# stocking

noun (a stocking, stockings); verb form (-ing of «stock»: stock, stocks, stocked, stocking)

«stocking» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A stocking is a long, thin covering for the foot and leg, usually worn by women, often in pairs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stocking/#m1)
2. A Christmas stocking is a big sock hung up on Christmas Eve to be filled with small presents. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stocking/#m2)
3. Stocking is the -ing form of «stock»: putting goods on shelves, or filling something with supplies, like stocking a pond with fish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stocking/#m3)
4. A «stocking filler» (UK) or «stocking stuffer» (US) is a small, cheap present. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stocking/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and Christmas stories it names the stocking for Santa's presents. In shops «stocking the shelves» is a job. In farming «stocking rate» is how many animals per area of land, a maths idea. Phrases: «Christmas stocking», «stocking filler», «in stockinged feet», «stocking up on».

### Examples

- I hung my stocking by the fireplace on Christmas Eve. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stocking/#x1)
- In the morning my stocking was full of sweets and a tangerine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stocking/#x2)
- The shop worker was stocking the shelves with milk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stocking/#x3)
- Gran wore thick stockings in winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stocking/#x4)
- A pencil is a good stocking filler. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stocking/#x5)
- We are stocking up on food before the snowstorm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stocking/#x6)
- The farmer is stocking the field with ten sheep per hectare. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stocking/#x7)
- Dorothy stood up and found she was in her stocking-feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stocking/#x8)

### Note

Countable: a stocking, stockings (often a pair). «In stockinged feet» means wearing socks or stockings but no shoes. «Stocking up» means buying lots of supplies.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stocking» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stocking/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stocking» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stocking.html) on Mova free.