Meaning

7 senses

  1. (transitive)To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.

    stoned to death

    She got stoned to death after they found her.

    steinigen

    kill by throwing stones at

  2. (transitive)To wall or wall up with stones.

  3. (transitive)To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).

    entkernen, entsteinen

    remove the pits from

  4. (intransitive)To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.

  5. (slang, transitive)Especially of cannabis or narcotics: To intoxicate. (Usually in passive)

    sich berauschen

    обдолба́тьсяobdolbátʹsja

  6. (Singapore, intransitive, slang)To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.

  7. (transitive)To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.

    Before they did the setup on the machining center, they stoned the table to knock down any nicked burrs.

Examples

771 sentences

  1. The bridge is made of stone.

    Міст зроблений з каменю. — aandrusiak

    ruМост сделан из камня. — Biga

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  2. The house is made of stone.

    Будинок побудований з каменю. — quez

    ruДом построен из камня. — odexed

    deDas Haus ist aus Stein gebaut. — mayabe

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  3. What kind of stone is this?

    Що це за камінь? — ChickenKiev

    ruЧто это за камень? — Hellerick

    deWas für eine Art Stein ist das? — spinoz

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  4. 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

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  5. 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

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to intoxicate, especially with narcotics:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
To pelt with stones:
to remove stone from:
to intoxicate, especially with narcotics:

Origin

From Middle English stonen, stanen, from Old English *stānian (“to stone”), from Proto-Wes

From Middle English stonen, stanen, from Old English *stānian (“to stone”), from Proto-West Germanic *stainōn, from Proto-Germanic *stainōną (“to stone”).

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Forms

stones, stoning, stoned, stoned
Base formstone · to stone
3rd person singularstones
Present participlestoning
Past simplestoned
Past participlestoned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystone
he, she, itstones

Past simpleLesson

all personsstoned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stoned
he, she, ithas stoned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stone

Synonyms

11 synonyms
pitB1destone
do nothing, just relaxing:chillC1chillaxchill outhang outrilek
do nothing, stare into space:daydreamC1veg out
pelt with stones:lapidatestean
Close in meaning
  • kill by throwing stones at:lapidate
  • remove the pits from:pit

Word family

3 related words
Relatedstonifystonerstoning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

5 patterns
  • threw a stone
  • a stone at
  • stone at the
  • throw stones
  • this stone is

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stomachA2stomachacheA2stompstonemasonstonerstonewall

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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