Meaning
2 senses(not comparable)As a stone (used with following adjective).
My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold.
(not comparable, slang)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.
Examples
771 sentencesThe bridge is made of stone.
Міст зроблений з каменю. — aandrusiak
ruМост сделан из камня. — Biga
The house is made of stone.
Будинок побудований з каменю. — quez
ruДом построен из камня. — odexed
deDas Haus ist aus Stein gebaut. — mayabe
What kind of stone is this?
Що це за камінь? — ChickenKiev
ruЧто это за камень? — Hellerick
deWas für eine Art Stein ist das? — spinoz
Who threw a stone at my dog?
Хто кинув камінь у мого собаку? — deniko
ruКто бросил камень в мою собаку? — shanghainese
deWer warf den Stein auf meinen Hund? — Dirk80
He threw a stone at the dog.
Він жбурнув у собаку камінь. — deniko
ruОн бросил в собаку камень. — marafon
deEr warf einen Stein nach dem Hund. — Wolf
Origin
From Middle English ston, stone, stan, from Old English stān, from Proto-West Germanic *stFrom Middle English ston, stone, stan, from Old English stān, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“to stiffen”).
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5 patterns- threw a stone
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- throw stones
- this stone is