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OVERSTOCK
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they overstock ... he / she / it overstocks
Past simple: overstocked
-ing form: overstocking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "overstock" is one way to...):
buy in; stock; stock up (amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
understock (stock with less than the usual or desirable number or quantity)