stone

noun, adj, adv and 1 more — 27 senses

stone

noun

UK /stəʊ̯n/ · US /stoʊ̯n/

Etymology

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.

13 senses
  1. 1A hard earthen substance that can form rocks…
  2. 2A piece of such material: a block of stone, rock or a pebble.
  3. 3A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
  4. 4A unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (≈6.3503 kilograms)…
  5. 5The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes…
  6. 6A hard, stone-like deposit.
  7. 7A playing piece made of any hard material, used in…
  8. 8A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
  9. 9A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a…
  10. 10A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
  11. 11A mirror, or its glass.
  12. 12A testicle.
  13. 13A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone…
1

Geography, Geology, Natural sciences A 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.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 143, column 2:
  • 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 20:1:
2 more examples
  • 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 side is quite regular, and consists of two bastions, and a half-bastion with three ravelins," and stands higher than any ground in face of it.1858, Edward Thornton, A Gazetteer of the Territories Under the Government of the East India Company and of the Native States on the Continent of India, W. H. Allen & Co., page 22:
  • The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:
2

Geography, Geology, Natural sciences A piece of such material: a block of stone, rock or a pebble.

  • A railway station which formerly stood a few miles from Sydney has recently been demolished, stone by stone, and has been re-erected as a church in the Australian Capital Territory of Canberra, about 200 miles away.1960 March 23, “Notes and News: Cemetery Station Re-Erected as a Church”, in Railway Magazine, page 215:
3

A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.

  • […]Ineſtimable Stones, vnvalewed Iewels[…]c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv], page 180, column 1:
4

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.
  • 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 sack is 364 pounds.1843, The Penny Cyclopaedia, page 202:
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  • Generally, however, the stone or petra, almost always of 14 lbs., is used, the tod of 28 lbs., and the sack of thirteen stones.1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume IV, page 209:
  • Weighed myself at the gym and have hit 10st 8lb, a sure sign of things getting out of control—so I can’t even console myself with a chocolate biscuit.1992 October 3, Edwina Currie, Diary:
5

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.

  • Near-synonym: pip
  • a peach stone
6

Medicine, Sciences A hard, stone-like deposit.

  • The pain of passing a larger stone is often compared to child birth.2016 September 26, James Hamblin, “A Health Benefit of Roller Coasters”, in The Atlantic:
7

A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon and go.

8

A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.

9

Ball games, Curling, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.

10

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, Alexander Pope, “Eloisa to Abelard”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume II, London: […] J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver […], published 1717, →OCLC, page 434:
  • It seems to me that when I die / These words will be written on my stone[…]2013 November 25, Zayn Malik, “Story of My Life”, in Midnight Memories, Columbia Records; Syco Music:
11

Obsolete 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.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii], page 309, column 1:
12

Obsolete A testicle.

  • […]and yet I warrant it had vpon it brow, a bumpe as big as a young Cockrels ſtone?c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], page 56, column 1:
  • Hee that is wounded in the ſtones, or hath his priuie member cut off, ſhall not enter into the Congregation of the Lord.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 23:1:
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  • 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 got large enough to have Stones of ſuch a Bigneſs that they may be pulled out; for if they are too little, it can't be done.1750, W[illiam] Ellis, The Country Housewife's Family Companion […] , London: James Hodges; B. Collins, →OCLC, page 157:
13

Media, Printing, Publishing 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, George Murray, The Madhouse on Madison Street, page 38:
Synonyms
rock, pebble, petra, pip, pit, hard stone-like deposit

stone

adj
Etymology

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.

1

Constructed of stone.

  • stone walls
2

Having the appearance of stone.

  • stone pot
3

Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.

4

Used as an intensifier.

African-American Vernacular

  • She is one stone fox.
  • Yeah, he's a stone fuck–up. But he's stand–up, too, don't forget that.1994, Andrew H. Vachss, Born Bad: Stories:
3 more examples
  • 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.2000 September 9, Lisa Beth, “Rabbi Shmuli Boteach Refuted”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet):
  • “And I got the best metal man in the business going for me, too.” “This job's going to be a stone motherfucker,” Flacco said2001, Andrew H. Vachss, Pain Management:
  • He might be a stone killer who simply doesn't care if his victim's alive or dead at the time of disfigurement.2009, John Lutz, Night Victims, page 307:
5

Slang Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.

  • stone butch
  • stone femme
2 more examples
  • 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, Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues, Los Angeles: Alyson Books, published 2003, →ISBN, page 9:
  • My physical preference tends more to very masculine-bodied non-transitioning stone TG butches.c. 2000, Sonya, “Femme Identity: Stone-Butch/Femme Dynamic, FTM/Femme Dynamic”, in Transensual Femme, archived from the original on 20 May 2000:

stone

adv
Etymology

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.

1

As a stone (used with following adjective).

  • My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold.
2

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.
Derived terms
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graystone, greenstone, green-stone, greystone, grinding stone, grindle-stone, grindstone, gritstone, groundstone, growstones, guard stone, guidestone, gunstone, hagstone, hailstone, hairstone, hair stone, hammerstone, handstone, hard as stone, hardstone, Headington stone, headstone, hearthstone, heart of stone, holystone, honestone, honeycomb stone, honeystone, hornstone, Horsham stone, humming stone, hunger stone, icestone, infernal stone, inkstone, ironstone, jackstone, jadestone, jade-stone, jambstone, Jew's stone, jewstone, kerb stone, kerb-stone, kerbstone, keystone, kidney stone, kill two birds with one stone, klingstone, knockstone, Labrador stone, lapstone, leave no stone unturned, ledgestone, let he who is without sin cast the first stone, let him that is without sin cast the first stone, let him who is without sin cast the first stone, lime-stone, limestone, lithographic stone, living stone, lizard-stone, lodestone, lovestone, Lydian stone, made of stone, madstone, malmstone, mani stone, markstone, mark with a white stone, marlstone, marriage stone, merestone, milestone, milkstone, millstone, mill-stone, Millstone, minestone, moa stone, Mocha stone, moonstone, moorstone, mort stone, mudstone, needlestone, not leave a stone unturned, nunuz stone, nuptial stone, off stone, ohko stone, oilstone, oxygen stone, packstone, padstone, palm stone, paper scissors stone, paving stone, pearlstone, peastone, pebblestone, people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, permastone, perpend stone, perpent stone, Petoskey stone, philosopher's stone, philosophers' stone, Philosopher's Stone, Philosophers' Stone, Phrygian stone, pipestone, pitchstone, pizza stone, plaster-stone, plum stone, polystone, Portland stone, potstone, Poundstone, precious stone, puddingstone, pudding stone, pumice stone, pumie stone, pumy stone, Purbeck stone, putting stone, quandong stone, quarrystone, quernstone, ragstone, rai stone, rattle stone, ravenstone, reading stone, recumbent stone 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stone-ground, stone hammer, stone hands, stone-hard, stonehard, stonehead, stone-hearted, stonehearted, stone-heartedly, stone-heartedness, Stonehenge, stone-horse, Stonehouse, stone jug, stone-knapper, stone knapper, stonelayer, stonelaying, stoneless, stonelike, stone-lily, stone lily, stone lion, stone loach, stonelore, stoneman, stone man syndrome, stone marten, stonemason, stonemasonry, stone massage, stone me, stonemeal, Stone Mills, stone mint, stone money, stone mulching, stonen, stone naked, stoneness, stone nut, Stone of Destiny, stone of the philosophers, stone oil, stone paper, stone parsley, stone-paste, stonepaste, stone paste, stonepecker, stone pine, stonepit, stone pit, stone plover, stoneproof, stoner, stone-rag, stoneroller, stoneroot, stone row, stonerunner, stoneseed, stonesetting, stone shoot, stoneshot, stone skiffing, stone skimming, stone skipping, stone-snipe, stone soup, stone's throw, stonesthrow, stone-still, stone sub, stone subeditor, stone tape theory, 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stone

verb

Etymology From Middle English stonen, stanen, from Old English *stānian (“to stone”), from Proto-West Germanic *stainōn, from Proto-Germanic *stainōną (“to stone”). Cognate with Scots stane (“to stone”), German Low German stenen (“to stone”), Danish stene (“to stone”), Swedish stena (“to stone”), Faroese steina (“to stone”). Compare also Saterland Frisian stenigje (“to stone”), West Frisian stiennigje (“to stone”), Dutch stenigen (“to stone”), German steinigen (“to stone”).

7 senses
  1. 1To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.
  2. 2To wall or wall up with stones.
  3. 3To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
  4. 4To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
  5. 5Especially of cannabis or narcotics: To intoxicate.…
  6. 6To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay…
  7. 7To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.
1

To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.

  • stoned to death
  • She got stoned to death after they found her.
3 more examples
  • 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 Sonne of man standing on the right hand of God. 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their eares, and ran vpon him with one accord, 58 And cast him out of the citie, and stoned him: and the witnesses layd downe their clothes at a yong mans feete, whose name was Saul. 59 And they stoned Steuen, calling vpon God, and saying, Lord Iesus receiue my spirit. 60 And he kneeled downe, and cried with a loud voice, Lord lay not this sinne to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleepe.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 7:55–60:
  • An up slow train on the Howrah-Burdwan line, north of Calcutta, arrived 15 min. late at Belur recently. The delay resulted in several waiting passengers stoning the driver and the guard.1955 March, “Indian Driver Stoned for Unpunctuality”, in Railway Magazine, page 190:
  • Our house was being stoned by a group of adolescent boys. We called the police seven times and they wouldn't come.1980 February 9, Chris Guilfoy, anonymous quotee, “Town Meeting Talks About The Issue of Violence”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 28, page 1:
2

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, Mathias Peter Harpin, Prophets in the wilderness: a history of Coventry, Rhode Island:
3

To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).

4

To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.

5

Slang Especially of cannabis or narcotics: To intoxicate. (Usually in passive)

6

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, Roger, Joy, Vera and Amanda Loh, Facts about Singapore: Differences between Ohio and Singapore:
  • Resume writing class lesson 2, stoning.2011 November 2, Shermaine Ong, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
1 more example
  • 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.2015 April 8, Becky Osawa, Trekking with Becky: Stoning at the Marina Barrage, Singapore:
7

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.
Synonyms
lapidate, stean, chill, chillax, chill out, hang out, rilek, daydream, veg out
Related terms
stonify

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