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inglés > español
stone
1. s. Piedra.
2. s. Losa.
3. s. Semilla o hueso de algunas drupas.
4. adj. Hecho de piedra o que parece hecho de piedra.
5. adj. Propio o relacionado con la piedra.
6. adv. Totalmente, completamente.
inglés > inglés
stone
1. s. A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
2. s. A small piece of stone, a pebble.
3. s. A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
4. s. (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. s. (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
a peach stone
6. s. (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
kidney stone
7. s. (board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go.
8. s. A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
(color panel, 8A807C)
9. s. (curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
10. s. A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
11. s. (obsolete) A mirror, or its glass.
12. s. (obsolete) A testicle.
13. s. (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".
español > inglés
piedra
1. n-f. stone (hard earthen substance that can form large rocks)
2. n-f. flint (small cylinder used to produce a spark in a lighter, etc.)
3. n-f. hailstone (single ball of hail, or solid precipitation)
4. n-f. crack (potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine)
5. n-f. pumice

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That way I kill two birds with one stone.      Así mato dos pájaros de un tiro. The child threw a stone at the cat.      El niño le tiró una piedra al gato. This stone is twice as heavy as that one.      Esta piedra es dos veces más pesada que esa. You cannot get blood out of a stone.      No le puedes hacer sangrar a una piedra. 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.      Si lo pintas de amarillo, matarás dos pájaros de un tiro: resaltará, y ahorrarás dinero porque puedes usar pintura que ya tienes.

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