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* Palauan: {{t|pau|bad}}
* Parthian: {{t|xpr|ass}}
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Revision as of 12:35, 6 February 2014

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Stones.

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) stan, (deprecated template usage) ston, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English Template:term/t, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:term/t (compare Dutch (deprecated template usage) steen, German (deprecated template usage) Stein), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European Template:term/t (compare Latin (deprecated template usage) stiria, Russian (deprecated template usage) стена (stená), Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS., (deprecated template usage) στέαρ (stéar), Persian (deprecated template usage) ستون (sotun), Albanian (deprecated template usage) shtëng, Sanskrit (deprecated template usage) स्त्यायते (styāyate)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

stone (countable and uncountable, plural stones or stone) (see usage notes)

  1. (deprecated template usage) (uncountable) A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks and boulders.
  2. A small piece of stone, a pebble.
  3. A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
    • Shakespeare
      inestimable stones, unvalued jewels
  4. (deprecated template usage) (British, 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
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  5. (deprecated template usage) (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
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  6. (deprecated template usage) (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
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  7. (deprecated template usage) (board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go.
  8. A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
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  9. (deprecated template usage) (curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
  10. A monument to the dead; a gravestone.
    • Alexander Pope
      Should some relenting eye / Glance on the stone where our cold relics lie.
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  11. (deprecated template usage) (obsolete) A mirror, or its glass.
    • Shakespeare
      Lend me a looking-glass; / If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, / Why, then she lives.
  12. (deprecated template usage) (obsolete) A testicle.
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  13. (deprecated template usage) (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.

Usage notes

All countable senses use the plural stones except the British unit of mass, which uses the invariant plural stone.

Synonyms

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Verb

stone (third-person singular simple present ston, present participle ing, simple past and past participle stoned)

  1. (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.
    She got stoned to death after they found her.
  2. (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
  3. (deprecated template usage) (intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
  4. (deprecated template usage) (transitive, slang) To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. (Usually in passive)

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Translations

Adjective

stone (not comparable)

  1. Constructed of stone.
    stone walls
  2. Having the appearance of stone.
    stone pot
  3. Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
  4. (deprecated template usage) (African-American Vernacular) Used as an intensifier.
    She is one stone fox.
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Adverb

stone (not comparable)

  1. As a stone (used with following adjective).
    My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold.
  2. (deprecated template usage) (slang) Absolutely, completely (used with following adjective).
    I went stone crazy after she left.

Derived terms

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Derived terms

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See also

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Pronunciation

Adjective

stone (plural stones)

  1. stoned (high on drugs)
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