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Dictionary: o·ver·stock   (ō'vər-stŏk') pronunciation
tr.v., -stocked, -stock·ing, -stocks.
To stock more of (something) than necessary or desirable.

n. (ō'vər-stŏk')
An excessive supply.


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noun

    An amount or quantity beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate: excess, fat, glut, overage, overflow, overmuch, overrun, oversupply, superfluity, surplus, surplusage. See excess/insufficiency/enough.

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Carrying more livestock on a particular area of pasture than it can support for any length of time. The pasture is killed, exposing the soil to erosion and the invasion of weeds. Called also overgrazing.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: stock excessively
  Antonym: understock (meaning #1)


 
 
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