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stone

steen

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stone

1. steen

2. pit

Engels > Engels

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".

Nederlands > Engels

steen

1. n-m. stone (small rock)

2. n-m. stone (hard substance)

Uitspraak

Voorbeeldzinnen

If you paint it yellow, you'll kill two birds with one stone: it'll stand out, and you'll save money because you can use paint you already have.
    Als je het geel verft, sla je twee vliegen in één klap: én het valt goed op, én je bespaart geld omdat je verf kunt gebruiken die je al in huis hebt.
What is written on the stone could not have been put there without reason.
    Wat op de steen staat kan daar niet zonder reden zijn geschreven.
I built a house within a stone's throw of the forest.
    Ik bouwde een huis op een steenworp van het bos.
That way I kill two birds with one stone.
    Zo sla ik twee vliegen in één klap.
That child threw a stone at the dog.
    Dat kind wierp een steen naar de hond.

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