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stone

noun

stone—a hard, solid piece of rock

/stəʊ̯n/, /stoʊ̯n/, /stɐʉ̯n/

Origin

From Middle English ston, stone, stan, from Old English stān, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“to stiffen”). Cognates Cognate with Scots stane (“stone”), Yola sthoan (“stone”), North Frisian stean, stian, stiin, stiinj (“stone”), Saterland Frisian Steen (“stone”), West Frisian stien (“stone”), Alemannic German Steei (“rock, stone”), Bavarian Staa (“rock, stone”), Central Franconian Steen, Stään (“stone”), Dutch steen (“stone”), German Stein (“rock, stone”), German Low German Steen, Stein (“stone”), Luxembourgish Steen (“stone”), Vilamovian śtan (“stone”), Yiddish שטיין (shteyn, “stone”), Danish and Swedish sten (“stone”), Elfdalian stien (“stone”), Faroese steinur (“stone”), Gutnish stain (“rock, stone”), Icelandic steinn (“rock, stone”), Norwegian Bokmål stein, sten (“stone”), Norwegian Nynorsk steidn, stein (“stone”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (stains, “stone”). Compare also Ancient Greek στία (stía, “pebble”), στέαρ (stéar, “tallow”), Lithuanian sténgti (“to be able, make an effort; to oppose”), Russian стена́ (stená, “wall”), Albanian shtëng (“hardened or pressed matter”), Sanskrit स्तिया (stiyā, “still or stagnant water”). Doublet of stain, stean, and stein.

noun

uncountableA hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
“Toad, that vnder cold ſtone, / Dayes and Nights ha’s thirty one: / Sweltred Venom ſleeping got, / Boyle thou firſt i’th’ charmed pot.”
“The first day of the weeke, commeth Mary Magdalene earely when it was yet darke, vnto the Sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the Sepulchre.”
“It is about 2,500 yards in circuit, is built of red stone, and, according to Von Orlich, is now " a bastioned quinquangle ; the ancient walls with semicircular bastions face the two streams ; the land”
countableA piece of such material: a rock or a pebble.
countable, uncountableA gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
“[…]Ineſtimable Stones, vnvalewed Iewels[…]”
British, countable, uncountableA 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.”
“Seven pounds make a clove, 2 cloves a stone, 2 stone a tod, 6+¹⁄₂ tods a wey, 2 weys a sack, 12 sacks a last. […] It is to be observed here that a sack is 13 tods, and a tod 28 pounds, so that the sac”
“Generally, however, the stone or petra, almost always of 14 lbs., is used, the tod of 28 lbs., and the sack of thirteen stones.”
countable, uncountableThe central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
“Near-synonym: pip”
“a peach stone”
countable, uncountableA hard, stone-like deposit.
“The pain of passing a larger stone is often compared to child birth.”
countable, uncountableA playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon and go.
countable, uncountableA dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
countable, uncountableA 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
countable, uncountableA monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
“Amid that scene, if ſome relenting eye Glance on the ſtone where our cold reliques lie.”
“It seems to me that when I die / These words will be written on my stone[…]”
countable, obsolete, uncountableA 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.”
countable, obsolete, uncountableA testicle.
“[…]and yet I warrant it had vpon it brow, a bumpe as big as a young Cockrels ſtone?”
“Hee that is wounded in the ſtones, or hath his priuie member cut off, ſhall not enter into the Congregation of the Lord.”
“To make Capons […] ſome for this Purpoſe make it their Buſineſs after Harveſt-time to go to Markets for buying up Chickens, and between Michaelmas and All-hollantide caponize the Cocks, when they have”
countable, historical, uncountableA 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.”

adj

not-comparableConstructed of stone.
“stone walls”
not-comparableHaving the appearance of stone.
“stone pot”
not-comparableOf a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
not-comparableUsed as an intensifier.
“She is one stone fox.”
“Yeah, he's a stone fuck–up. But he's stand–up, too, don't forget that.”
“Of course the Torah rejects (*some*) sexual acts between members of the same sex. And of course it doesn't condemn gays and lesbians. Someone who doesn't realize that is a stone bigot to begin with.”
not-comparable, slangWilling to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.
“stone butch”
“stone femme”
“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.”

adv

not-comparableAs a stone (used with following adjective).
“My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold.”
not-comparable, slangAbsolutely, 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.”

verb

transitiveTo pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.
“stoned to death”
“She got stoned to death after they found her.”
“55 But hee being full of the holy Ghost, looked vp stedfastly into heauen, and saw the glory of God, and Iesus standing on the right hand of God, 56 And said, Behold, I see the heauens opened, and the”
transitiveTo 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.”
transitiveTo remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
intransitiveTo form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
slang, transitiveEspecially of cannabis or narcotics: To intoxicate. (Usually in passive)
Singapore, intransitive, slangTo do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.
“I was stoning the whole of today.”
“Resume writing class lesson 2, stoning.”
“The Marina Barrage is a reservoir, but everyone goes there because the spacious greenery at the top is the perfect place for stoning, which is Singlish for hanging out and chilling.”
transitiveTo 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.”

name

countableAn English occupational and habitational surname from Old English, for someone who lived near a stone worked with stone, from Old English stan.
“Tucker Carlson (also a jacket and tie guy) picked up on the hoo-ha on his Fox News show, calling the hoodie-jacket combination a “cry for help” and inviting Roger Stone, the disgraced former political”
countableA male given name.
countable, uncountableA village in Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7811).
countable, uncountableA village in Ham and Stone parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST6895).
countable, uncountableA village and civil parish in Dartford borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ5774).
countable, uncountableA hamlet in Maltby parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5589).
countable, uncountableA market town and civil parish with a town council in Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9034).
countable, uncountableA village and civil parish in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8575).
countable, uncountableAn unincorporated community in California.
countable, uncountableAn unincorporated community in Indiana.
countable, uncountableAn unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky; named for coal businessman Galen L. Stone.
countable, uncountableAn unincorporated community in the town of Rutland, Dane County, Wisconsin.
abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountableEllipsis of Stone County.

Formsstones(plural) · stone(UK, plural) · styen(alternative, Northumbria) · stean(alternative, UK, dialectal) · stones(present, singular, third-person) · stoning(participle, present) · stoned(participle, past) · stoned(past) · Stones(plural)

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