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  [stohn] ,noun, plural stones for 1–5, 7–19, stone for 6, adjective, adverb, verb, stoned, ston⋅ing.
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–noun
1. the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
2. a rock or particular piece or kind of rock, as a boulder or piece of agate.
3. a piece of rock quarried and worked into a specific size and shape for a particular purpose: paving stone; building stone.
4. a small piece of rock, as a pebble.
5. precious stone.
6. one of various units of weight, esp. the British unit equivalent to 14 pounds (6.4 kg).
7. something resembling a small piece of rock in size, shape, or hardness.
8. any small, hard seed, as of a date; pit.
9. Botany. the hard endocarp of a drupe, as of a peach.
10. Pathology.
a. a calculous concretion in the body, as in the kidney, gallbladder, or urinary bladder.
b. a disease arising from such a concretion.
11. a gravestone or tombstone.
12. a grindstone.
13. a millstone.
14. a hailstone.
15. Building Trades. any of various artificial materials imitating cut stone or rubble.
16. Printing. a table with a smooth surface, formerly made of stone, on which page forms are composed.
17. (in lithography) any surface on which an artist draws or etches a picture or design from which a lithograph is made.
18. a playing piece in the game of dominoes, checkers, or backgammon.
19. Usually, stones. testes.
–adjective
20. made of or pertaining to stone.
21. made of stoneware: a stone mug or bottle.
22. stonelike; stony; obdurate: a stone killer; stone strength.
–adverb
23. completely; totally (usually used in combination): stone cold.
–verb (used with object)
24. to throw stones at; drive by pelting with stones.
25. to put to death by pelting with stones.
26. to provide, fit, pave, line, face or fortify with stones.
27. to rub (something) with or on a stone, as to sharpen, polish, or smooth.
28. to remove stones from, as fruit.
29. Obsolete. to make insensitive or unfeeling.
—Idioms
30. cast the first stone, to be the first to condemn or blame a wrongdoer; be hasty in one's judgment: What right has she to cast the first stone?
31. leave no stone unturned, to exhaust every possibility in attempting to achieve one's goal; spare no effort: We will leave no stone unturned in our efforts to find the culprit.
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME stan, sto(o)n, OE stān; c. D steen, G Stein, ON steinn, Goth stains; akin to Gk sta pebble, L stīria icicle; (v.) ME stanen, stonen, deriv. of the n.; (adj. and adv.) ME, deriv. of the n.

Related forms:
ston⋅a⋅ble, stone⋅a⋅ble, adjective
stoneless, adjective
stone⋅less⋅ness, noun
stonelike, adjective
stoner, noun
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Stone

  [stohn]
–noun
1. Edward Du⋅rell  [doo-rel, dyoo-] , 1902–78, U.S. architect.
2. Har⋅lan Fiske  [hahr-luhn] , 1872–1946, U.S. jurist: Chief Justice of the U.S. 1941–46.
3. Irving, 1903–1989, U.S. author.
4. I(sidor) F(ein⋅stein) [fahyn-stahyn] , (“Izzy”), 1907–1989, U.S. political journalist.
5. Lucy, 1818–93, U.S. suffragist (wife of Henry Brown Blackwell).

Stone River

 
–noun
a river in central Tennessee, flowing NW to the Cumberland River. Compare Murfreesboro (def. 1).
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stone   (stōn)   
n.  

    1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; rock.

    2. Such concreted matter of a particular type. Often used in combination: sandstone; soapstone.

    3. A piece of rock that is used in construction: a coping stone; a paving stone.

    4. A gravestone or tombstone.

    5. A grindstone, millstone, or whetstone.

    6. A milestone or boundary.

  2. A small piece of rock.

  3. Rock or a piece of rock shaped or finished for a particular purpose, especially:

    1. A piece of rock that is used in construction: a coping stone; a paving stone.

    2. A gravestone or tombstone.

    3. A grindstone, millstone, or whetstone.

    4. A milestone or boundary.

  4. A gem or precious stone.

  5. Something, such as a hailstone, resembling a stone in shape or hardness.

  6. Botany The hard covering enclosing the seed in certain fruits, such as the cherry, plum, or peach.

  7. Pathology A mineral concretion in an organ, such as the kidney or gallbladder, or other body part; a calculus.

  8. pl. stone Abbr. st. A unit of weight in Great Britain, 14 pounds (6.4 kilograms).

  9. Printing A table with a smooth surface on which page forms are composed.

adj.  

  1. Relating to or made of stone: a stone wall.

  2. Made of stoneware or earthenware.

  3. Complete; utter: a stone liar.

adv.  Completely; utterly: stone cold; standing stone still.
tr.v.   stoned, ston·ing, stones

  1. To hurl or throw stones at, especially to kill with stones.

  2. To remove the stones or pits from.

  3. To furnish, fit, pave, or line with stones.

  4. To rub on or with a stone in order to polish or sharpen.

  5. Obsolete To make hard or indifferent.


[Middle English, from Old English stān; see stāi- in Indo-European roots.]
Stone   (stōn)   
American architect who was an exponent of the International Style. Among his notable designs is the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. (1964).
Stone, Harlan Fiske 1872-1946.  
American jurist who served as an associate justice (1925-1941) and the chief justice (1941-1946) of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Stone, I   (sidor)
American journalist who championed liberal causes in I.F. Stone's Weekly (1953-1971).
Stone, Lucy 1818-1893.  
American feminist and social reformer who organized the first national women's rights convention, held in Worcester, Massachusetts (1850), and was a founder of the American Woman Suffrage Association (1869).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
stone

  1. mod.
    completely; totally. : This lecture is stone dull.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

stone  (n.)
O.E. stan, used of common rocks, precious gems, concretions in the body, memorial stones, from P.Gmc. *stainaz (cf. O.N. steinn, Dan. steen, O.H.G., Ger. stein, Goth. stains), from PIE *stai- "stone," also "to thicken, stiffen" (cf. Skt. styayate "curdles, becomes hard;" Avestan stay- "heap;" Gk. stear "fat, tallow," stia, stion "pebble;" O.C.S. stena "wall"). Slang sense of "testicle" is from 1154. The British measure of weight (usually equal to 14 pounds) is from 1390s, originally a specific stone. Phrase stone's throw for "a short distance" is attested from 1581. Metaphoric use of stone wall for "act of obstruction" is first attested 1876; stonewall (v.) "to obstruct" is from 1914. Stone Age is from 1864. To kill two birds with one stone is first attested 1656.

stone  (adj.)
intensifying adj., 1935, first recorded in black slang, probably from earlier use in phrases like stone blind (c.1375, lit. "blind as a stone"), stone deaf, etc., from stone (n.). Stone cold sober dates from 1937.

stone  (v.)
c.1200, "to pelt with stones," from stone (n.). Stoned "drunk, intoxicated with narcotics" is 1930s slang; stoner "stuporous person" is from 1960s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: stone
Pronunciation: 'stOn
Function: noun
1 : CALCULUS 1
2 plural usually stone : any of various units of weight; especially : an official British unit equal to 14 pounds (6.3 kilograms)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

stone (stōn)
n.
See calculus.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Computing Dictionary

STONE
A Structured and Open Environment: a project supported by the German Ministry of Research and Technology (BMFT) to design, implement and distribute a SEE for research and teaching.

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Bible Dictionary

Stone

Stones were commonly used for buildings, also as memorials of important events (Gen. 28:18; Josh. 24:26, 27; 1 Sam. 7:12, etc.). They were gathered out of cultivated fields (Isa. 5:2; comp. 2 Kings 3:19). This word is also used figuratively of believers (1 Pet. 2:4, 5), and of the Messiah (Ps. 118:22; Isa. 28:16; Matt. 21:42; Acts 4:11, etc.). In Dan. 2:45 it refers also to the Messiah. He is there described as "cut out of the mountain." (See ROCK.) A "heart of stone" denotes great insensibility (1 Sam. 25:37). Stones were set up to commemorate remarkable events, as by Jacob at Bethel (Gen. 28:18), at Padan-aram (35:4), and on the occasion of parting with Laban (31:45-47); by Joshua at the place on the banks of the Jordan where the people first "lodged" after crossing the river (Josh. 6:8), and also in "the midst of Jordan," where he erected another set of twelve stones (4:1-9); and by Samuel at "Ebenezer" (1 Sam. 7:12).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Idioms & Phrases

stone

In addition to the idioms beginning with stone, also see cast in stone; cast the first stone; flat (stone) broke; heart of stone; leave no stone unturned; rolling stone gathers no moss; run into a stone wall.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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