stocking
sustantivoverbosustantivoatestiguado en diálogos
- Reino Unido//ˈstɒkɪŋ//
- Estados Unidos//ˈstɑkɪŋ//
A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear.
sustantivo
- 1
A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear.
a pair of stockings
- 2
A broad ring of a different fur colour on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped.
- 3
A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.
- 4
Variante de Christmas stockingEllipsis of Christmas stocking; a large, sock-like bag used to store small Christmas gifts, typically hung on a mantelpiece.
Etimología
From stock (“cover with material”) + -ing. Corruption of old plural -en, i.e. stocken, now singular.
verbo
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También una forma de stockpresent participle and gerund of stock
I've almost finished stocking these groceries.
Etimología
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Germanic *stikanąder. Proto-Germanic *stukkaz Proto-West Germanic *stokk Old English stocc Middle English stok English stock English -ing English stocking From stock + -ing.
sustantivo
- 1
A ratio of the actual density of trees in an area to the ideal density that would make the fullest use of the land.
Formas
- plural
- stockings
stocking · A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear.
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