| Engelsk > Engelsk |
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| 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". |
| Svenska > Engelsk |
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| sten |
| 1. n-c. a rock, a stone |
| Han har en liten sten - He has a small stone |
| 2. n-c. A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks and boulders. |
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