stone meaning
EN
[stəʊn] [stoʊn] [-əʊn] 
US FR stone 
- NounPLstonesSUF-one
- (uncountable) A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
- The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.
- A small piece of stone, a pebble.
- A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
- (Britain, 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.
- 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.
- (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
- a peach stone
- (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
- kidney stone
- (board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go.
- A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
- stone colour:
- (curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
- A monument to the dead; a gravestone.
- (obsolete) A mirror, or its glass.
- (obsolete) A testicle.
- (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.
- (uncountable) A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
- VerbSGstonesPRstoningPT, PPstoned
- (transitive) To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.
- She got stoned to death after they found her.
- (transitive) To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
- (intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
- (transitive, slang) To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. (Usually in passive).
- (intransitive, Singapore, slang) To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.
- I was stoning the whole of today.
- (transitive) To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.
- Adjective
- Constructed of stone.
- stone walls
- Having the appearance of stone.
- stone pot
- Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
- (African American Vernacular) Used as an intensifier.
- She is one stone fox.
- (LGBT) Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.
- stone butch; stone femme
- Constructed of stone.
- Adverb
- As a stone (used with following adjective).
- My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold.
- (slang) Absolutely, completely (used with following adjective).
- I went stone crazy after she left.
- As a stone (used with following adjective).
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- In pottery, a stone is sometimes used to burnish a pot before firing, giving it a smooth, shiny look.
- These two stones as they are here defigured. — Weever.
- The baseboard met with the chimney stones very crudely.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Convincing fussy eaters to try new foods is like trying to get blood out of a stone.
- However, last night we scored a twomp (20 sack) of this extremely chronic weed, and we hotboxed Shaun's car...I was GONE. Just out of it. Almost uncomfortably stoned.
- She's caught in a trap; she whores all night just to earn enough so that she can spend the day getting stoned.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of stone in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Adverbs
- Degree adverbs
- Uncomparable adverbs
- Degree adverbs
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Adjectives
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "stone" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also an adverb, more specifically, a degree adverb and an uncomparable adverb. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.