To retard, delay; to retard the growth of.

transitive. To reduce to a stump; to truncate, mutilate; also, †to stunt, dwarf.

transitive. To grow more or faster than; to grow taller or bigger than.

To stunt, check in growth (a plant or animal). Chiefly in past participle stocked (modern dialect also stocken, stoken). Also intransitive, to be…

transitive. To restrict the physical growth or development of (a person, animal, plant, etc.); to prevent from reaching full or typical size; to…

To check the growth or development of (a person, plant, etc.); to decrease (growth or production); hence, to dwarf.