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stoned

[stohnd] ,
–adjective Slang.
1. drunk.
2. intoxicated or dazed from drugs; high (sometimes fol. by out): to be stoned out on pot.

Origin:
1475–85 for sense “pelted with stones”; 1950–55 for current senses; stone + -ed 2

stone

[stohn] ,noun, plural stones for 1–5, 7–19, stone for 6, adjective, adverb, verb, stoned, ston⋅ing.
–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.
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.


ston⋅a⋅ble, stone⋅a⋅ble, adjective
stoneless, adjective
stone⋅less⋅ness, noun
stonelike, adjective
stoner, noun
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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.

  1. A small piece of rock.

  2. 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.

  3. A gem or precious stone.

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

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

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

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

  8. 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.]
stoned   (stōnd)   
adj.   Slang
Drunk or intoxicated.

[Earlier stone, shortening of stone-drunk, drunk senseless, very drunk.]
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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.
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stoned (out)

  1. mod.
    alcohol or drug intoxicated. : I have never seen anybody so stoned who could still talk.
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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.
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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)

Main Entry: stoned
Pronunciation: 'stOnd
Function: adjective
: being drunk or under the influence of a drug (as marijuana) taken especially for pleasure
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Medical Dictionary

stone (stōn)
n.
See calculus.

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