sock

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I have 18 pairs of the same sock.

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Quick take

hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of sock gathered in one view.

noun

hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee

noun

a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind

verb

hit hard

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sock.

noun

hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee

noun

a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind

verb

hit hard

Example sentences

I have 18 pairs of the same sock.

Any sock can be paired with any other.

I own ten identical pairs of black socks.

The floor is covered in random detritus: a single white sock, a piece of fuzzy green string.

If you are young and a programmer making 100K at 25, party with your hipster friends and sock away 40K in savings every year.

A common one, but undeniably useful: find a type of sock you like, buy a bunch of them, then throw out or donate your old ones.

Now I never have to worry about matching socks, when a hole appears I just throw that sock out, when I'm getting low on socks I throw out the lot and buy them new.

On a more practical note but along a related thread, a couple of years ago I threw out all of my socks and bought a stack of the exact same plain black socks.

I am sure that many of them actually have really messy sock drawers, if only in the hope of waking up to a really interesting variety of knot.

It is unforgivable that factory owners sock away millions of dollars while literally paying their employees pennies.

When clients are caught directly or indirectly using sock-puppetry and astroturfing on Wikipedia, banners should be added to the affected pages naming and shaming the clients.