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1 a small line or circle of thread that joins or decorates cloth

a circle of wool that you put around a needle when you are knitting (= making clothes from wool )

( HEALTH ) a short piece of special thread that doctors use to sew the edges of a cut together

The cut needed eight stitches.

stitch 2 / stitr / verb ( stitch - es , stitch - ing , stitched )

to sew something I stitched a button on my skirt.

stock1 / stak / noun [count, noncount] ( BUSINESS )

things that a store keeps ready to sell We have a large stock of tables and chairs. I'll see if we have your size in stock.

That book's out of stock at the moment.

a share in a company or business that someone has bought, or the value of those shares

to buy stocks in a company

— Look at stock exchange .

stock 2 / stak / verb ( stocks , stock ing , stocked )

to keep something ready to sell Sorry, we don't stock umbrellas.

stock up to collect a large amount of something that you can use in the future

We'd better stock up on food before the snowstorm.

stock • bro • ker / ' stakbrouksr / noun [ count ]

( BUSINESS ) a person whose job is to buy and sell shares in companies for other people

stock ex • change / ' stak iks|tjemd₃ /

( also stock mar - ket / ' stak markst / ) noun [ count ] ( BUSINESS ) a place where people buy and sell shares in companies; the business of doing this the New York Stock Exchange to lose money in the stock market

stock • ing / ' stakig / noun [ count ]

a long, thin piece of clothing that a woman wears over her leg and foot a pair of stockings

stock • pile / ' stakpail/ noun [ count ] a large amount of something that you keep to use in the future if needed ► stock • pile verb

( stock - piles , stock - pil ing , stock - piled )

to stockpile canned food and water

stole, sto • len

forms of steal

stom .ach Ф / ' sUmsk / noun [ count ]

( BIOLOGY ) the part inside your body where food goes after you eat it

—Look at the picture at body .

the front part of your body below your chest and above your legs

—Look at the picture at body .

stom • ach • ache / ' sUmskeik /

( HEALTH ) a pain in your stomach I have a stomachache.

Stone Ф / stoun/ noun

1 [ noncount ] the very hard material that is in the ground. Stone is sometimes used for building a stone wall

[ count ] a small piece of stone

The children were throwing stones into the river.

[ count ] a small piece of beautiful rock that is very valuable

A diamond is a precious stone . ston • y / ' stouni / adjective ( ston - i - er , ston - i - est )

containing a lot of stones; covered with a lot of stones stony ground

stoodform ofstand stool / stul / noun [ count ]

a small seat with no back —Look at the picture at chair .

stoop / stup / verb ( stoops , stoop - ing , stooped ) If you stoop , you bend your body forward and down She stooped to pick up the baby.

Stop 1 © / stap / verb ( stops , stop - ping , stopped )

1 to finish moving or working; to become still The train stopped at every station. The clock has stopped.

stopped to mail a letter.

to not do something anymore; to finish Stop making that noise!

to make someone or something finish moving or doing something

Ring the bell to stop the bus.

stop by to make a short visit somewhere

I'll stop by this evening on my way home from work.

stop someone from doing something

to not let someone do something My dad stopped me from going out.

Stop 2 Ф / stap / noun [ count ]

the moment when someone or something finishes moving

The train came to a stop .

a place where buses or trains stop so that people can get on and off