Sekirov Dictionary

stone

UK /stəʊ̯n/US /stoʊ̯n/

noun 13
verb 7
adjective 5
adverb 2
forms 4
phrases 12

noun13

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the hard material that rocks are made of, especially when people build with it
- Toad, that vnder cold stone, / Dayes and Nights ha’s thirty one: / Sweltred Venom sleeping got, / Boyle thou first i’th’ charmed pot. — 1606
A piece of such material: a block of stone, rock or a pebble.
A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
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(UK) A unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (≈6.3503 kilograms), formerly used for various commodities (wool, cheese, etc.), but now principally used for personal weight. Abbreviated as st.
- British people measure their weight in stones and pounds. I weigh eight stone five.
The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
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A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
- […]Inestimable Stones, vnvalewed Iewels[…] — 1593
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A hard, stone-like deposit.
- The pain of passing a larger stone is often compared to child birth. — 2016
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A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
- Amid that scene, if some relenting eye Glance on the stone where our cold reliques lie. — 1717
A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon and go.
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(historical) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing.
- The Chief called the makeup editor to the stone, pointed to the story which had caught his eye, and suggested a fairly simple remake. — 1965
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(no longer used) A testicle.
- […]and yet I warrant it had vpon it brow, a bumpe as big as a young Cockrels stone? — 1591
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(no longer used) A mirror, or its glass.
- She's dead as earth: Lend me a Looking-glasse; / If that her breath will mist or staine the stone, / Why then she liues. — 1603

verb7

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To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.
- She got stoned to death after they found her.
(slang) Especially of cannabis or narcotics: To intoxicate. (Usually in passive)
To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
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To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.
- Before they did the setup on the machining center, they stoned the table to knock down any nicked burrs.
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To wall or wall up with stones.
- […] and since it was a rule of the French troops not to be a burden on the people along their route it could be that the advance guard dug and stoned the well for the troop's own special use. — 1974
To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
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(Singapore, slang) To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.
- I was stoning the whole of today. — 2003

adjective5

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Constructed of stone.
- stone walls
Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
Having the appearance of stone.
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Used as an intensifier.
- She is one stone fox.
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(slang) Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.
- Lately I've read these stories by women who are so angry with stone lovers, even mocking their passion when they finally give way to trust, to being touched. — 1993

adverb2

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As a stone (used with following adjective).
- My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold.
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(slang) Absolutely, completely (used with following adjectives).
- I went stone crazy after she left.
- I said the medication made my vision temporarily blurry, it did not make me stone blind.

forms

stoned · stoning · stones · stonest

Phrases with stone

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