Parola del giorno in inglese

Definizioni

inglese > italiano
stone
1. agg. fatto di o pertinente alla pietra
2. agg. realizzato in gres
3. agg. completamente (di solito usato in combinazione)
4. sost. (Glossa;materiale) pietra
5. sost. (Glossa;piccola roccia) pietra
6. sost. (Glossa;per scopo particolare) pietra
7. sost. (Glossa;gemma) pietra preziosa
8. sost. unità di misura di peso pari a 6, 35 kg
9. sost. (botanica) nocciolo
10. sost. (medicina) calcolo
11. verb. tirare sassi contro
12. verb. lapidare qn
13. verb. snocciolare, togliere il nocciolo a
inglese > inglese
stone
1. subst. A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
2. subst. A small piece of stone, a pebble.
3. subst. A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
4. subst. (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. subst. (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
a peach stone
6. subst. (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
kidney stone
7. subst. (board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go.
8. subst. A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
(color panel, 8A807C)
9. subst. (curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
10. subst. A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
11. subst. (obsolete) A mirror, or its glass.
12. subst. (obsolete) A testicle.
13. subst. (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".
italiano > inglese
pietra
1. subst. stone

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Esempi d'uso

What's the idea of throwing that stone?      Qual è l'idea di tirare quel sasso? You can't get blood out of a stone.      Non si può cavare sangue da una rapa. He remained silent like a stone.      Lui è rimasto muto come un sasso. That child threw a stone at the dog.      Quel bambino ha tirato un sasso al cane. That way I kill two birds with one stone.      Così prendo due piccioni con una fava.

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