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restock

/ˌriːˈstɒk/verb

उच्चारण रीस्टॉक

फिर से भंडार भरना

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verb
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    [I, T] ~ (sth) (with sth)

    to fill something with new or different things to replace those that have been used, sold

    फिर से भंडार भरना

    • The shop restocks every Monday.
    • The librarian will restock the shelves with new reference books.
    • The shopkeeper restocked the shelves before Diwali.
    + 2 more examples
    • The pharmacy restocks medicines every week.
    • Farmers restocked the pond with fish after the floods.

    Synonyms replenish refill resupply reload top up

    Opposite deplete exhaust empty

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

restock sth (with sth)

Restock takes the place or container that is being refilled, and with introduces the goods.

'Restock' के बाद वह स्थान या पात्र आता है जिसे दोबारा भरा जा रहा हो, और सामान से पहले with आता है।

  • The shop restocked its shelves with fresh fruit.
  • The department restocked the lab with chemicals.

restock (intransitive)

Restock can be used without an object when a shop or warehouse fills up again.

जब दुकान या गोदाम फिर से भर जाता है, तब 'restock' बिना object के भी आता है।

  • The store will restock on Monday.

restock: regular form

Restock is a regular verb: restock, restocked, restocked. It is not related to the stock of shares in meaning here.

'Restock' regular verb है: restock, restocked, restocked।

  • The pharmacy has restocked its supply of masks.

restock a pond / river with fish

The verb is also used for adding fish or animals to a pond, lake or forest to bring back their numbers.

तालाब, झील या जंगल में मछलियाँ या जानवर फिर से डालने के लिए भी इस verb का प्रयोग होता है।

  • The department restocked the lake with fish after the drought.
+Collocations 4

restock + noun

shelvesthe fridgethe pantrythe warehousethe library

  • Before the festival, the grocer restocked his shelves.

adverb + restock

quicklyregularlyfullyweeklyimmediately

  • The canteen is restocked weekly.

restock + with

fresh producemedicinesbooksuniformsfish

  • The clinic was restocked with medicines.

need / have to + restock

need tohave toplan toforgot toought to

  • We need to restock before the guests arrive.
“More examples 7
  • The bookshop restocked the exam guides before the new session.

पुस्तकों की दुकान ने नए सत्र से पहले परीक्षा-गाइड फिर से मँगवा लीं।

  • Radhika restocked her pencil box before the test.

राधिका ने test से पहले अपना pencil box फिर से भर लिया।

  • Trucks arrive every morning to restock the market.

बाज़ार को दोबारा माल से भरने के लिए हर सुबह ट्रक आते हैं।

  • The hospital restocked its supplies after the flood.

बाढ़ के बाद अस्पताल ने अपनी आपूर्ति फिर से भर ली।

  • The shopkeeper could not restock because the road was blocked.

सड़क बंद होने के कारण दुकानदार माल दोबारा नहीं मँगा सका।

  • Radhika asked the librarian when the shelves would be restocked with new journals.

राधिका ने पुस्तकालयाध्यक्ष से पूछा कि अलमारियाँ नई पत्रिकाओं से कब भरी जाएँगी।

  • The village shop was restocked just before the monsoon cut off the road.

मानसून से सड़क कटने से ठीक पहले गाँव की दुकान में फिर से माल भर दिया गया।

!Common mistakes 1

✗ The shopkeeper restocked the shelves by fruits.

✓ The shopkeeper restocked the shelves with fruit.

The goods used to refill are introduced with with, not by.

दोबारा भरने वाले सामान से पहले 'with' आता है, 'by' नहीं।

≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling

re·stock

?Which word?

Keep the fill-again words together: restock, replenish (fill something up again: 'replenish supplies'), refill, top up (fill up a container that is partly empty), resupply.

फिर से भरने के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: restock, replenish (फिर से भरना: 'replenish supplies'), refill, top up (आंशिक खाली पात्र भरना), resupply।

§Grammar and usage

Keep the re- (again) words: restock, rebuild, rewrite, reconsider, rearrange.

Re- (फिर) शब्द याद रखिए: restock, rebuild, rewrite, reconsider, rearrange।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Restock the shelves, restock supplies.

Collocations: restock the shelves (अलमारियों में फिर से सामान भरना), restock supplies (ज़रूरी सामान का भंडार दोबारा भरना)। 'restock' में 're-' का मतलब 'फिर से' है।