Definition of "stone"

stone

/stəʊn/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural stones or (as unit of mass) stone
1. (uncountable) A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
  Quotations
  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, [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, […], John 20:1
  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. A small piece of stone, a pebble.
3. A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
  Quotations
  […] 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, [Act I, scene iv], page 180, column 1
4. (Britain) A unit of mass 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.
  Quotations
  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
  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. (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
6. (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
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  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. (board games) 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. (curling) 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.
  Quotations
  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, 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.
  Quotations
  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, [Act V, scene iii], page 309, column 1
12. (obsolete) A testicle.
  Quotations
  […] 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, [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, […], Deuteronomy 23:1
  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, page 157
13. (printing, 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.
  Quotations
  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
verb
third-person singular simple present stones, present participle stoning, simple past and past participle stoned
1. (transitive) To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.
  Quotations
  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, […], Acts 7:55–60
2. (transitive) To wall with stones.
  Quotations
  […] 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. (transitive) To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
4. (intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
5. (transitive, slang) To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. (Usually in passive)
6. (intransitive, Singapore, slang) To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.
  Quotations
  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)
  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. (transitive) To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.
adjective
not comparable
1. Constructed of stone.
2. Having the appearance of stone.
3. Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
4. (African-American Vernacular) Used as an intensifier.
  Quotations
  Yeah, he's a stone fuck–up. But he's stand–up, too, don't forget that.
  1994, Andrew H. Vachss, Born Bad: Stories
  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 said
  2001, 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. (LGBT, slang) Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.
  Quotations
  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, 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 2000-05-20
adverb
not comparable
1. As a stone (used with following adjective).
2. (slang) Absolutely, completely (used with following adjectives).

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