stock up

verb

To acquire or increase stock or inventory.

“Q: What about fuel oil? A: We plan to stock up before November.”

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Meanings

verbstock up (third-person singular simple present stocks up, present participle stocking up, simple past and past participle stocked up)

present singular third person stocks up · participle present stocking up · participle past stocked up · past stocked up

  1. intransitiveTo acquire or increase stock or inventory.

    Q: What about fuel oil? A: We plan to stock up before November.

    1 more example

    Q: What about food? A: We're planning to stock up on canned goods before November.

  2. intransitiveTo swell up (usually refers to edema in a leg).
  3. To extirpate; to dig up.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbamass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use

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stockbuy in
Broader
supplyproviderender
Also see
buy instock

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Dutch zich bevoorraden
  • zich bevoorradenacquire or increase stock
German eindecken
  • eindeckenacquire or increase stock
Italian rifornirsi
  • rifornirsiacquire or increase stock
Russian запаса́ться, запасти́сь
  • запаса́ться (zapasátʹsja)acquire or increase stock
  • запасти́сь (zapastísʹ)acquire or increase stock
Spanish abastecerse
  • abastecerseacquire or increase stock
Swedish bunkra, hamstra
  • bunkraacquire or increase stock
  • hamstraacquire or increase stock
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APA

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MLA

“stock up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stock%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stock up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stock%20up.

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