stone

UK /stəʊ̯n/ US /stoʊ̯n/
noun 5adj 5verb 5name 5adv 2

Definitions

noun

1

A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.

Toad, that vnder cold ſtone, / Dayes and Nights ha’s thirty one: / Sweltred Venom ſleeping got, / Boyle thou firſt i’th’ charmed pot.

The first day of the weeke, commeth Mary Magdalene earely when it was yet darke, vnto the Sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the Sepulchre.

2

A piece of such material: a rock or a pebble.

3

A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.

[…]Ineſtimable Stones, vnvalewed Iewels[…]

4

A unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (≈6.3503 kilograms), formerly used for various commodities (wool, cheese, etc.), but now principally used for personal weight. Abbreviated as st.

British people measure their weight in stones and pounds. I weigh eight stone five.

Seven pounds make a clove, 2 cloves a stone, 2 stone a tod, 6+¹⁄₂ tods a wey, 2 weys a sack, 12 sacks a last. […] It is to be observed here that a sack is 13 tods, and a tod 28 pounds, so that the sack is 364 pounds.

5

The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.

Near-synonym: pip

a peach stone

adj

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

Used as an intensifier.

She is one stone fox.

Yeah, he's a stone fuck–up. But he's stand–up, too, don't forget that.

5

Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.

stone butch

stone femme

adv

1

As a stone (used with following adjective).

My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold.

2

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.

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