stone | |
1. n. A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks. | |
2. n. A small piece of stone, a pebble. | |
3. n. A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond. | |
4. n. (UK, plural: stone) A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc. 1 stone ≈ 6.3503 kilograms | |
5. n. (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer. | |
a peach stone | |
6. n. (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit. | |
kidney stone | |
7. n. (board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go. | |
8. n. A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones. | |
(color panel, 8A807C) | |
9. n. (curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice. | |
10. n. A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone. | |
11. n. (obsolete) A mirror, or its glass. | |
12. n. (obsolete) A testicle. | |
13. n. (dated, printing) 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; also called imposing stone. | |
14. v. To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones. | |
She got stoned to death after they found her. | |
15. v. To remove a stone from (fruit etc.). | |
16. v. (intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc. | |
17. v. (transitive, slang) To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. (Usually in passive) | |
18. v. (intransitive, Singapore, slang) To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored. | |
19. v. To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities. | |
20. adj. Constructed of stone. | |
stone walls | |
21. adj. Having the appearance of stone. | |
stone pot | |
22. adj. Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones. | |
She is one stone fox. | |
23. adj. (LGBT) Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it. | |
stone butch; stone femme | |
24. adv. As a stone (used with following adjective). | |
My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold. | |
25. adv. (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. | |
The Styistics performed a love song titled "I'm Stone in Love with You". | |