stock up

faire des provisions, s'approvisionner

Se procurer beaucoup de quelque chose pour en avoir assez plus tard.

En anglais simple : To get plenty of something so you have enough for later.

• We need to stock up on milk.
• She stocked up before the shops closed.
• Have you stocked up on batteries?

Comment l'utiliser : stock up on something (We stocked up on rice before the storm.); stock up for something (The shop is stocking up for Christmas.)

Synonymes : lay in, get supplies

Expressions courantes : stock up on something, stock up for winter

enfler

Pour les pattes d’un animal, enfler, souvent après une longue période sans bouger.

En anglais simple : If an animal’s legs do this, they become swollen, often after standing still for a long time.

• His legs stock up overnight.
• The horse stocked up after several days in its stall.
• Does your mare stock up when she cannot exercise?

Synonymes : swell, swell up

Expressions courantes : legs stock up, horses stock up

déraciner, dessoucher

Sortir des plantes ou des racines du sol en creusant.

En anglais simple : To dig plants or roots out of the ground.

• They stocked up the dead trees.
• We must stock up these stumps before planting.
• The farmer stocked up the bushes along the fence.

Comment l'utiliser : stock up something (The workers stocked up the old roots.)

Synonymes : uproot, dig up

Expressions courantes : stock up roots, stock up stumps