Search and compare thousands of words and phrases in American Sign Language (ASL). The largest collection online.
How to sign: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
"bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'";
Similiar / Same: hackneyed, old-hat, threadbare, timeworn, trite, banal, shopworn, well-worn, commonplace
How to sign: not used technically; any animals kept for use or profit
Similiar / Same: livestock, farm animal
Categories: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal
How to sign: the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)
"he owns a controlling share of the company's stock";
Categories: capital, working capital
Within this category: authorized shares, common stock, common stock equivalent, control stock, float, growth stock, hot stock, no-par-value stock, preferred stock, quarter stock, treasury stock, voting stock, watered stock
How to sign: liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces
"she made gravy with a base of beef stock";
Similiar / Same: broth
Categories: soup
Within this category: beef broth, chicken broth, liquor, stock cube
How to sign: provide or furnish with a stock of something
"stock the larder with meat";
Categories: furnish, provide, render, supply
Within this category: plant, restock
How to sign: the descendants of one individual
"his entire lineage has been warriors";
Similiar / Same: lineage, bloodline, blood line, pedigree, ancestry, line of descent, blood, stemma, parentage, origin, descent, line
Categories: family tree, genealogy
