stone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /stəʊn/
ipa: /stoʊn/
ipa: /stɐʉn/
rhymes: -əʊn
Forms: form: stones
form: stoning
form: stoned
form: stoned
Etymology: From Middle English stonen, stanen, from Old English *stānian (“to stone”), from Proto-West Germanic *stainōn, from Proto-Germanic *stainōną (“to stone”).
Cognate with Scots stane (“to stone”), German Low German stenen (“to stone”), Danish stene (“to stone”), Swedish stena (“to stone”), Faroese steina (“to stone”). Compare also Saterland Frisian stenigje (“to stone”), West Frisian stiennigje (“to stone”), Dutch stenigen (“to stone”), German steinigen (“to stone”).
Senses: examples: text: stoned to death
text: She got stoned to death after they found her.
text: 55 But hee being full of the holy Ghost, looked vp stedfastly into heauen, and saw the glory of God, and Iesus standing on the right hand of God,
56 And said, Behold, I see the heauens opened, and the Sonne of man standing on the right hand of God.
57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their eares, and ran vpon him with one accord,
58 And cast him out of the citie, and stoned him: and the witnesses layd downe their clothes at a yong mans feete, whose name was Saul.
59 And they stoned Steuen, calling vpon God, and saying, Lord Iesus receiue my spirit.
60 And he kneeled downe, and cried with a loud voice, Lord lay not this sinne to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleepe.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 7:55–60:
text: An up slow train on the Howrah-Burdwan line, north of Calcutta, arrived 15 min. late at Belur recently. The delay resulted in several waiting passengers stoning the driver and the guard.
ref: 1955 March, “Indian Driver Stoned for Unpunctuality”, in Railway Magazine, page 190:
text: Our house was being stoned by a group of adolescent boys. We called the police seven times and they wouldn't come.
ref: 1980 February 9, Chris Guilfoy, anonymous quotee, “Town Meeting Talks About The Issue of Violence”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 28, page 1:
glosses: To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.
examples: text: […] and since it was a rule of the French troops not to be a burden on the people along their route it could be that the advance guard dug and stoned the well for the troop's own special use.
ref: 1974, Mathias Peter Harpin, Prophets in the wilderness: a history of Coventry, Rhode Island:
synonyms: stean
glosses: To wall or wall up with stones.
synonyms: destone#Verb
pit#Verb
glosses: To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
glosses: To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
glosses: Especially of cannabis or narcotics: To intoxicate. (Usually in passive)
examples: text: I was stoning the whole of today.
ref: 2003, Roger, Joy, Vera and Amanda Loh, Facts about Singapore: Differences between Ohio and Singapore:
text: Resume writing class lesson 2, stoning.
ref: 2011 November 2, Shermaine Ong, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: The Marina Barrage is a reservoir, but everyone goes there because the spacious greenery at the top is the perfect place for stoning, which is Singlish for hanging out and chilling.
ref: 2015 April 8, Becky Osawa, Trekking with Becky: Stoning at the Marina Barrage, Singapore:
glosses: To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.
examples: text: Before they did the setup on the machining center, they stoned the table to knock down any nicked burrs.
glosses: To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.
Synonyms: sense: pelt with stones
word: lapidate
sense: pelt with stones
word: stean
sense: do nothing, just relaxing
word: chill
sense: do nothing, just relaxing
word: chillax
sense: do nothing, just relaxing
word: chill out
sense: do nothing, just relaxing
word: hang out
sense: do nothing, just relaxing
word: rilek
sense: do nothing, stare into space
word: daydream
sense: do nothing, stare into space
word: veg out