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stone

(stōn)
n.
1.
a. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; rock.
b. Such concreted matter of a particular type. Often used in combination: sandstone; soapstone.
2. A small piece of rock.
3. Rock or a piece of rock shaped or finished for a particular purpose, especially:
a. A piece of rock that is used in construction: a coping stone; a paving stone.
b. A gravestone or tombstone.
c. A grindstone, millstone, or whetstone.
d. A milestone or boundary.
4. A gem or precious stone.
5. Something, such as a hailstone, resembling a stone in shape or hardness.
6. Botany The hard covering enclosing the seed in certain fruits, such as the cherry, plum, or peach.
7. Medicine A mineral concretion in an organ, such as the kidney or gallbladder, or other body part; a calculus.
8. pl. stone Abbr. st. A unit of weight in Great Britain, 14 pounds (6.4 kilograms).
9. Printing A table with a smooth surface on which page forms are composed.
adj.
1. Relating to or made of stone: a stone wall.
2. Made of stoneware or earthenware.
3. Complete; utter. Often used in combination: a stone liar; stone-deaf.
adv.
Completely; utterly: stone cold; standing stone still.
tr.v. stoned, ston·ing, stones
1. To hurl or throw stones at, especially to kill with stones.
2. To remove the stones or pits from.
3. To furnish, fit, pave, or line with stones.
4. To rub on or with a stone in order to polish or sharpen.
5. Sports To block a shot taken by (an opponent). Used of a goalie.
6. Obsolete To make hard or indifferent.

[Middle English, from Old English stān; see stāi- in Indo-European roots.]
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stone

(stəʊn)
npl stone
1. (Geological Science) the hard compact nonmetallic material of which rocks are made.
2. (Geological Science) a small lump of rock; pebble
3. (Jewellery) jewellery short for gemstone
4.
a. a piece of rock designed or shaped for some particular purpose
b. (in combination): gravestone; millstone.
5.
a. something that resembles a stone
b. (in combination): hailstone.
6. (Botany) the woody central part of such fruits as the peach and plum, that contains the seed; endocarp
7. (Botany) any similar hard part of a fruit, such as the stony seed of a date
8. (Units) Brit a unit of weight, used esp to express human body weight, equal to 14 pounds or 6.350 kilograms
9. (Curling) Also called: granite the rounded heavy mass of granite or iron used in the game of curling
10. (Pathology) pathol a nontechnical name for calculus
11. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing a table with a very flat iron or stone surface upon which hot-metal pages are composed into formes; imposition table
12. (Games, other than specified) rare (in certain games) a piece or man
13. (Colours)
a. any of various dull grey colours
b. (as adjective): stone paint.
14. (modifier) relating to or made of stone: a stone house.
15. (Ceramics) (modifier) made of stoneware: a stone jar.
16. cast a stone at cast aspersions upon
17. heart of stone an obdurate or unemotional nature
18. leave no stone unturned to do everything possible to achieve an end
adv
(in combination) completely: stone-cold; stone-dead.
vb (tr)
19. to throw stones at, esp to kill
20. to remove the stones from
21. to furnish or provide with stones
22. stone the crows slang Brit and Austral an expression of surprise, dismay, etc
[Old English stān; related to Old Saxon stēn, German Stein, Old Norse steinn, Gothic stains, Greek stion pebble]
ˈstonable, ˈstoneable adj
ˈstoneless adj
ˈstonelessness n
ˈstoneˌlike adj

Stone

(stəʊn)
n
1. (Biography) Oliver. born 1946, US film director and screenwriter: his films include Platoon (1986), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), JFK (1991), Nixon (1995), Alexander (2004), and World Trade Center (2006)
2. (Biography) Sharon. born 1958, US film actress: her films include Basic Instinct (1991), Casino (1995), and Cold Creek Manor (2003)
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stone

(stoʊn)

n., pl. stones for 1-5,7-19, stone for 6, n.
1. the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
2. a rock or particular piece or kind of rock.
3. a piece of rock quarried and worked into a specific size and shape for a particular purpose: paving stones.
4. a small piece of rock, as a pebble.
5. a mineral used in jewelry; gemstone.
6. one of various units of weight, esp. the British unit equivalent to 14 pounds (6.4 kg).
7. something resembling a small piece of rock in size, shape, or hardness.
8. any small, hard seed, as of a date; pit.
9. the hard endocarp of a drupe, as of a peach.
10. a calculous concretion in the body, as in the kidney, gallbladder, or urinary bladder.
11. a gravestone or tombstone.
15. any of various artificial building materials imitating cut stone or rubble.
16.
a. Print. a table with a smooth surface, formerly made of stone, on which page forms are composed.
b. any surface on which a picture or design is drawn or etched in the process of making a lithograph.
adj.
17. made of or pertaining to stone or stoneware.
18. stonelike; stony; obdurate: a stone killer; stone strength.
adv.
19. completely; totally: stone cold.
v.t.
20. to throw stones at.
21. to put to death by pelting with stones.
22. to provide, pave, line, face, or fortify with stones.
23. to rub with or on a stone, as to sharpen, polish, or smooth.
24. to remove stones from (fruit).
Idioms:
leave no stone unturned, to explore every possibility; spare no effort.
[before 900; (n.) Middle English stan, sto(o)n, Old English stān, c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon stēn, Old High German stein, Old Norse steinn, Gothic stains]
ston′er, n.

Stone

(stoʊn)

n.
1. Edward Durell, 1902–78, U.S. architect.
2. Harlan Fiske, 1872–1946, Chief Justice of the U.S. 1941–46.
3. I(sidor) F(einstein), 1907–89, U.S. political journalist.
4. Lucy, 1818–93, U.S. suffragist.
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stone

(stōn)
1. Geology A general term for rock, especially as used in construction.
2. Botany The pit of certain fruits, such as the plum or cherry.
3. Medicine A hard mass of minerals or other substance, such as cholesterol, that forms in a body part or organ: kidney stones.
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stone

- From a Germanic base meaning "solidity" or "stiffness."
See also related terms for stiff.
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Stone

of drunks—Lipton, 1970.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

stone

1. 'stone' and 'rock'

Stone is the hard, solid substance which is found in the ground and is often used for building.

The bits of stone are joined together with cement.
...a stone wall.

In British English, a stone is a small piece of stone which you can pick up in your hand.

Roger picked up a stone and threw it.

In American English, a small piece of stone like this may also be called a rock.

She bent down, picked up a rock and threw it into the trees.

In both British and American English, a rock is also a large piece of stone that sticks up out of the ground or the sea, or that has broken away from a mountain.

2. 'stone' and 'pit'

In British English, the large, hard seed in a fruit such as a cherry, date, or apricot is called the stone.

...a cherry stone.

In American English, this seed is called the pit.

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stone


Past participle: stoned
Gerund: stoning

Imperative
stone
stone
Present
I stone
you stone
he/she/it stones
we stone
you stone
they stone
Preterite
I stoned
you stoned
he/she/it stoned
we stoned
you stoned
they stoned
Present Continuous
I am stoning
you are stoning
he/she/it is stoning
we are stoning
you are stoning
they are stoning
Present Perfect
I have stoned
you have stoned
he/she/it has stoned
we have stoned
you have stoned
they have stoned
Past Continuous
I was stoning
you were stoning
he/she/it was stoning
we were stoning
you were stoning
they were stoning
Past Perfect
I had stoned
you had stoned
he/she/it had stoned
we had stoned
you had stoned
they had stoned
Future
I will stone
you will stone
he/she/it will stone
we will stone
you will stone
they will stone
Future Perfect
I will have stoned
you will have stoned
he/she/it will have stoned
we will have stoned
you will have stoned
they will have stoned
Future Continuous
I will be stoning
you will be stoning
he/she/it will be stoning
we will be stoning
you will be stoning
they will be stoning
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been stoning
you have been stoning
he/she/it has been stoning
we have been stoning
you have been stoning
they have been stoning
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been stoning
you will have been stoning
he/she/it will have been stoning
we will have been stoning
you will have been stoning
they will have been stoning
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been stoning
you had been stoning
he/she/it had been stoning
we had been stoning
you had been stoning
they had been stoning
Conditional
I would stone
you would stone
he/she/it would stone
we would stone
you would stone
they would stone
Past Conditional
I would have stoned
you would have stoned
he/she/it would have stoned
we would have stoned
you would have stoned
they would have stoned
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stone

(in fruit) pit
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Stone

One stone = fourteen pounds. It is an archaic English unit of weight that was sometimes still used in the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:stone - a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter]stone - a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"
natural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by man
achondrite - a stony meteor lacking chondrules
bedrock - solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil
boulder, bowlder - a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin
calculus, concretion - a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body; "renal calculi can be very painful"
chondrite - a rock of meteoric origin containing chondrules
clastic rock - (geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks
crystallization, crystal - a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces
intrusion - rock produced by an intrusive process
outcrop, outcropping, rock outcrop - the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
pebble - a small smooth rounded rock
petrifaction - a rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form
sill - (geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock
stepping stone - a stone in a marsh or shallow water that can be stepped on in crossing
tor - a prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill
wall rock - a rock immediately adjacent to a vein or fault
whinstone, whin - any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)
xenolith - (geology) a piece of rock of different origin from the igneous rock in which it is embedded
2. stone - building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose; "he wanted a special stone to mark the site"
ashlar - a rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes
coping stone, capstone, copestone, stretcher - a stone that forms the top of wall or building
cornerstone - a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls
cornerstone - a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies
foundation stone - a stone laid at a ceremony to mark the founding of a new building
gravestone, tombstone, headstone - a stone that is used to mark a grave
grindstone - a revolving stone shaped like a disk; used to grind or sharpen or polish edge tools
hearthstone - a stone that forms a hearth
millstone - one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain
monolith - a single great stone (often in the form of a column or obelisk)
paving stone - a stone used for paving
springer, impost - the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs
stela, stele - an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings
whetstone - a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives
building material - material used for constructing buildings
3. stone - material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"
material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
mineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
quartzite - hard metamorphic rock consisting essentially of interlocking quartz crystals
road metal - broken rock used for repairing or making roads
sedimentary rock - rock formed from consolidated clay sediments
sial - the granitelike rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust; rich in silicon and aluminum
sima - rock that form the continuous lower layer of the earth's crust; rich in silicon and magnesium
metamorphic rock - rock altered by pressure and heat
crushed rock, gravel - rock fragments and pebbles
caliche - nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru
shingling - (geology) sediment in which flat pebbles are uniformly tilted in the same direction
pumice, pumice stone - a light glass formed on the surface of some lavas; used as an abrasive
aphanite - fine-grained homogeneous rock (such as basalt) containing minerals undetectable by the naked eye
claystone - fine-grained rock consisting of compacted clay particles
dolomite - a kind of sedimentary rock resembling marble or limestone but rich in magnesium carbonate
emery rock, emery stone - a mixture of emery dust and a binder; can be molded into grindstones
conglomerate, pudding stone - a composite rock made up of particles of varying size
fieldstone - stone that occurs naturally in fields; often used as building material
greisen - a granitic rock composed of quartz and mica
calc-tufa, tufa - a soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime
magma - molten rock in the earth's crust
igneous rock - rock formed by the solidification of molten magma
limestone - a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals
marble - a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
matrix - (geology) amass of fine-grained rock in which fossils, crystals, or gems are embedded
4. [画像:stone - a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry]stone - a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry; "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones"
jewellery, jewelry - an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems)
cabochon - a highly polished gem that is cut convexly but without facets
crystal - a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure
opaque gem - a gemstone that is opaque
transparent gem - a gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion
5. stone - an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds; "a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone"
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
avoirdupois unit - any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights
lb, pound - 16 ounces avoirdupois; "he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds"
quarter - a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
6. stone - the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed; "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"
pericarp, seed vessel - the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary
peach pit - the stone seed of a peach
cherry stone - the stone seed of a cherry
7. Stone - United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)
8. Stone - United States filmmaker (born in 1946)
9. Stone - United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)
10. Stone - United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)
11. [画像:stone - United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946)]Stone - United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946)
12. Stone - United States architect (1902-1978)
13. stone - a lack of feeling or expression or movement; "he must have a heart of stone"; "her face was as hard as stone"
chilliness, coldness, iciness, frigidity, frigidness, coolness - a lack of affection or enthusiasm; "a distressing coldness of tone and manner"
Verb 1. stone - kill by throwing stones at; "People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock"
kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
2. stone - remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries"
remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
Adj. 1. stone - of any of various dull tannish or grey colors
chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
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stone

noun
1. masonry, rock He could not tell if the floor was wood or stone.
2. rock, pebble The crowd began throwing stones.
3. gem, jewel, precious stone, gemstone, rock (informal) a diamond ring with three stones
4. pip, seed, pit, kernel Old men sat beneath the plane trees and spat cherry stones at my feet.
cast in stone fixed, decided, definite, established, settled, arranged The idea is not cast in stone.
Related words
adjective lithic
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Translations
حَجَر حَجَر المَرارَه او الكِلْيَهحَجَر كَريمحَجَر، مادَّة الحِجارَهقِطْعَةٌ حَجَرِيَّه
камененкамък
kámenkamenovatpeckavypeckovatbrit. váha 14 liber
stensteneudsteneædelstenbritisk vægtenhed
ŝtono
kivi
kivikivittääkovettuanappulatäysin
kamenkamenčić
kavicsmegkövezvesekõ
batu
steinn-steinnsteinn; bergtegundtaka steina úraldinsteinn
結石宝石
lapis
akmeninisakmeniniu žvilgsniuakmens darbaiakmenuotasapmėtyti akmenimis
akmensapmētāt/nomētāt ar akmeņiembruģakmeņidārgakmensgaloda
kamień kamyk drylować
piatră
kameňovať
kamenkamenjatikoščica
kamen
stenstenaädelstenpjäs
หินก้อนหิน
taş taş atmaktaşıtaşlamakçekirdeğini çıkarmak
đá

stone

[stəʊn]
A. N
1. (gen) → piedra f; (= gravestone) → lápida f; (= gemstone) → piedra f, gema f
a stone's throw away; within a stone's throwa un tiro de piedra
to cast the first stonelanzar la primera piedra
which of you shall cast the first stone?¿cuál de vosotros se atreve a lanzar la primera piedra?
to leave no stone unturnedno dejar piedra por mover
it isn't cast or set in stoneno es inamovible, no es para toda la vida
2. (Brit) [of fruit] → hueso m
3. (Med) → cálculo m, piedra f; (as complaint) → mal m de piedra
4. (Brit) (= weight) → 6.350kg
he weighs 12 stone(s)pesa 76 kilos IMPERIAL SYSTEM
B. VT
1. [+ person] → apedrear, lapidar
stone me! stone the crows!¡caray!
2. [+ fruit] → deshuesar
C. CPDde piedra
the Stone Age Nla Edad de Piedra
stone pit, stone quarry Ncantera f
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stone

[ˈstəʊn]
n
(= substance) → pierre f
(= piece of rock) → pierre f
a stone's throw
within a stone's throw of the station → à un jet de pierre de la gare
to leave no stone unturned → ne reculer devant rien
(= gem) → pierre f
(in fruit)noyau m
a peach stone → un noyau de pêche
(MEDICINE)calcul m kidney stone
(British) (= weight) = 6.348 kg
I weigh eight stone → Je pèse cinquante kilos.
modif [arch, bridge, building, floor, staircase, jar] → en pierre ; [block, slab] → de pierre ; [carving] → de la pierre
a stone wall → un mur en pierre
vt
(mainly British) [+ fruit] → dénoyauter
(= throw stones at) [+ person] → lapider ; [+ car, building] → caillasser
to be stoned to death → être lapidé(e) à mort Stone Age n
the Stone Age → l'âge m de pierre stone-broke [ˌstəʊnˈbrəʊk] adj (US)fauché comme les blés stone circle n (British)cromlech mstone-cold [ˌstəʊnˈkəʊld]
adj [tea, coffee, soup] → complètement froid(e)
adv
stone-cold sober → pas ivre du tout
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stone

n
Stein m; a heart of stoneein Herz aus Stein ; a stone’s throw from the stationnur einen Steinwurf or Katzensprung vom Bahnhof entfernt ; to leave no stone unturnednichts unversucht lassen ; to have a stone in one’s kidney/gall bladdereinen Nieren-/Gallenstein haben; to be set or cast or carved in stone (fig)in Stein gemeißelt sein
(Brit: = weight) britische Gewichtseinheit = 6,35 kg
adjStein-, aus Stein ; stone buildingSteinbau m
vt
(= throw stones at)mit Steinen bewerfen ; (= kill)steinigen ; stone the crows! (Brit, inf) → jetzt brat mir einer einen Storch! (inf)
(esp Brit) fruitentsteinen
(inf) to be stoned (out of one’s mind)total zu sein (inf)

stone

:
Stone Age
nSteinzeit f
stone-blind
adjstockblind (inf)
stone-broke
adj (US inf) = stony-broke
stone circle
n (Brit) → Steinkreis m
stone coal
n (Miner) → Anthrazit m
stone-cold
adjeiskalt
adv stone soberstocknüchtern (inf)
stone crusher
n (Tech) → Steinbrechmaschine f
stone-dead
adjmausetot (inf); to kill somebody/something stonejdm/einer Sache den Garaus machen (inf)
stone-deaf
adjstocktaub (inf)
stone erosion
n (Build) → Steinfraß m
stone fruit
nSteinfrucht f; (as collective) → Steinobst nt
stone marten
n (Zool) → Stein- or Hausmarder m
stonemason
nSteinmetz m
stone pit, stone quarry
nSteinbruch m
stoner
n (inf)Kiffer(in) m(f)
stonewall
vi (fig, esp Parl) → obstruieren; (in answering questions) → ausweichen ; (Sport) → mauern (sl)
stonewaller
n (Pol) → Obstruktionspolitiker(in) m(f)
stoneware
nSteingut nt
adj attraus Steingut
stonewashed
adj jeansstone-washed
stonework
nMauerwerk nt
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stone

[stəʊn]
1. n
a. (material) → pietra ; (single pebble, rock) → sasso, ciottolo (also gemstone) → pietra preziosa, gemma ; (of fruit) → nocciolo (Med) → calcolo (also gravestone) → lastra tombale, lapide f
to turn to stone (vt) → pietrificare (vi) → rimanere pietrificato/a
within a stone's throw of the station → a due passi dalla stazione, ad un tiro di schioppo dalla stazione
to leave no stone unturned → non lasciare nulla d'intentato
b. (Brit) (weight, pl gen inv) → 6,348 kg
2. adj (wall) → di pietra
3. vt
a. (person) → scagliare pietre contro
to stone sb to death → lapidare qn
b. (fruit) → snocciolare
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stone

(stəun) noun
1. (also adjective) (of) the material of which rocks are composed. limestone; sandstone; a stone house; stone walls; In early times, men made tools out of stone. klip حَجَر، مادَّة الحِجارَه камък (материал) pedra kámen; kamenný der Stein, Stein-... sten; -sten; sten- πέτρα piedra kivi صخره kivi pierre אבן पत्थर, प्रस्तर, पाषाण kamen (materijal) batu steinn; bergtegund pietra; di pietra 석재 akmuo akmens; akmens- batu bata steen stein, bergart kamień pedra (de) piatră камень kameň kamen; kamnit kamen sten แข็งเหมือนหิน taş 石頭 камінь پتھر đá 石头
2. a piece of this, of any shape or size. He threw a stone at the dog. klip قِطْعَةٌ من الحِجارَه камък pedra kámen der Stein sten πέτρα piedra kivi سنگ kivi pierre אבן पत्थर kamen (komad) batu steinn pietra 石ころ 돌멩이 akmuo akmens batu steen stein kamień pedra piatră камень kameň kamen kamen sten ก้อนหิน taş 石塊 камінь پتھر کا ٹکڑا cục đá có bất kì hình dáng nào 石块
3. a piece of this shaped for a special purpose. a tombstone; paving-stones; a grindstone. steen قِطْعَةٌ حَجَرِيَّه плоча pedra (náhrobní, dlažební, brusný) kámen der Stein -sten πέτρα piedra -kivi سنگ مخصوص kivi pierre; pavé; meule אֶבֶן - पत्थर kamen (oblikovan za neku svrhu: nadgrobni) kő; kockakő batu -steinn pietra 〜石 묘석, 숫돌 akmuo tecīla; galoda batu steen -stein kamień pedra pia­­tră; piatră cubică; piatră de moară (de ascu­ţit) плита; булыжник (náhrobný, dlažobný, brúsny) kameň kamen kamen -sten ก้อนหินที่ใช้ทําสิ่งของเพื่อจุดประสงค์พิเศษ ... taşı 石碑 камінь کسی خاص قسم کا پتھر جو خاص کام کے لیے بنایا جاءے hòn đá được đục, đẽo để dùng vào một mục đích riêng 石碑
4. a gem or jewel. She lost the stone out of her ring; diamonds, rubies and other stones. steen حَجَر كَريم скъпоценен камък pedra (drahý) kámen der Edelstein sten; ædelsten πετράδι piedra vääriskivi جواهر jalokivi pierre אֶבֶן יְקָרָה रत्न, नगीना, मणि dragi kamen (drága)kő batu mulia eðalsteinn pietra 宝石 보석 brangakmenis dārgakmens batu perhiasan edelsteen edelstein kamień pedra pia­tră (semi)preţioasă драгоценный камень drahý kameň drag kamen kamen [ädel]sten อัญมณี taş, mücevher 寶石 самоцвіт, коштовний камінь قیمتی پتھر یا جوہر đá quý, ngọc 宝石
5. the hard shell containing the nut or seed in some fruits eg peaches and cherries. a cherry-stone. pit نَواة، بِذْرَه костилка caroço pecka der Kern sten; -sten κουκούτσι hueso kivi, seeme هسته kivi noyau גלעין गुठली koštica mag biji aldinsteinn nocciolo (복숭아 등의) 핵, 씨 kauliukas kauliņš kulit keras pit kjerne pestka caroço sâmbure; miez косточка kôstka koščica koštica kärna เมล็ดผลไม้ çekirdek 果核 камінчик, кісточка پھلوں کی گٹھلی hạt 果核
6. a measure of weight still used in Britain, equal to 6.35 kilogrammes. She weighs 9.5 stone. gewigsmaat وَحْدَة وزْن بريطانِيَّه мярка за тежина, равна на 6. 35 кг (medida de peso) 14 liber (brit. váha) britische Gewichtseinheit (britisk vægtenhed) μονάδα βάρους unidad de peso que equivale a 6, 348 kg stone واحد وزن در انگلستان (painomitta) stone סְטוֹן वजन का एक माप mjera težina (6,342 kg) (brit súlyegység: 6,35kg) stone (ukuran berat) bresk þyngdareining stone ストーン (무게의 단위) 스톤 stonas stons (svara mērvienība) unit berat di Britain 6.35 kilogram britisk vektenhet (jednostka wagi) (medida de peso) calcul стон kameň utežna mera mera za težinu stone หน่วยวัดน้ําหนักตามมาตราอังกฤษเท่ากับ 14 ปอนด์ ston (英國重量單位) стоун برطانیہ میں استعمال ہونے والا وزن کا ایک پیمانہ xtôn 英石(英国重量单位,相当于6.35 千克)
7. a piece of hard material that forms in the kidney, bladder etc and causes pain. steen حَجَر المَرارَه او الكِلْيَه камък (в бъбреците) cálculo kámen der Stein nyresten; galdesten πέτρα cálculo, piedra kivi سنگ كليه يا مثانه munuaiskivi, sappikivi calcul אבן पथरी kamenac (vese)kő batu ginjal dll nÿrnasteinn calcolo 結石 (신장, 담낭 등의) 결석 akmuo akmens batu karang steen stein kamień pedra calcul камень kameň kamen kamen gallsten, njursten นิ่ว taş 結石 камінь پتھری جو گردے وغیرہ میں بن جاتی ہے sỏi 结石
verb
1. to throw stones at, especially as a ritual punishment. Saint Stephen was stoned to death. stenig يَرْمي الحِجارَه على، يَرْجُم замервам с камъни apedrejar kamenovat steinigen stene λιθοβολώ apedrear, lapidar kividega pilduma سنگ انداختن kivittää lapider לִזרוֹק אֶבֶן सजा के तौर पर किसी पर पत्थर फेंकना kamenovati megkövez merajam grÿta lapidare 石たたきにする (~에) 돌을 던지다 (ap)mėtyti/užmėtyti akmenimis apmētāt/nomētāt ar akmeņiem direjam stenigen steine kamienować apedrejar a lapida побивать камнями kameňovať kamenjati kamenovati stena ขว้างก้อนหิน taş atmak, taşlamak 用石塊扔死 побити камінням پتھر مارنا ném đá vào ai, nói xấu, vu cáo 用石块扔死
2. to remove the stones from (fruit). She washed and stoned the cherries. ontpit يَنْزَع النَّوى чистя от костилки tirar o caroço vypeckovat entkernen udstene ξεκουκουτσιάζω deshuesar kive eemaldama هسته ميوه را گرفتن poistaa kivi dénoyauter לְהוֹצִיא גַלעִין गुठली हटाना izvaditi koštice kimagoz membuang biji taka steina úr snocciolare 種を取る (과일의 씨를) 뽑다 išimti kauliukus iš izņemt kauliņus (no augļiem) membuang batu ontpitten ta ut steinene pestkować tirar o caroço a scoate sâmburii вынимать косточки vykôstkovať razkoščičiti izvaditi koštice kärna ur เอาเมล็ดออก çekirdeğini çıkarmak 去...的核 виймати кісточки, дриглювати پھل سے گٹھلی نکالنا lấy hạt ra 去...的核
ˈstony adjective
1. full of, or covered with, stones. stony soil; a stony path/beach; It's very stony around here. klipperig حَجَري، صَخْري، مُغَطّى بالحِجارَه каменист pedregoso kamenitý steinig stenet πετρώδης, που είναι γεμάτος πέτρες pedregoso kivine پر از سنگ kivinen rocailleux מָלֵא אֲבָנִים पथरीली pun kamena, kamenit köves berbatu-batu grÿttur pietroso, sassoso 石だらけの 돌의, 돌이 많은 akmenuotas akmeņains berbatu steenachtig steinet kamienisty pedregoso pietros каменистый kamenistý kamnit kamenit stenig ซึ่งมีหินมาก taşlı 多石的 кам'янистий پتھریلا đầy đá 多石的
2. (of a person's expression etc) like stone in coldness, hardness etc. He gave me a stony stare. koue قاسٍ، جاف студен frio ledový steinern isnende σκληρός, παγερός frío, glacial kalk بي احساس jäätävä glacial קשה भावशून्य tvrd, ukočen (jég)hideg keras kaldur gelido, duro, impietrito 無表情な (돌처럼) 냉혹한, 무표정한 akmeninis, pastėręs ciets; stingrs; bargs keras koud steinhard, iskald lodowaty frio rece, glacial каменный; неподвижный ľadový, kamenný leden kameni stenhård, iskall ใจร้ายใจหิน; เย็นชา soğuk, buz gibi 冷酷的 холодний; нерухомий پتھر کی طرح سخت lạnh lùng, vô tình 冷酷的
ˈstonily adverb
koue بِقَسْوَه، بِجَفاف، بِتَحَجُّر хладно friamente ledově steinern isnende παγερά fríamente kalgilt بطرز بي احساس jäätävästi froidement בִּקשִׁיחוּת पथरीलेपन से, कठोरतापूर्वक, निर्दयतापूर्वक, भावशून्यता से kameno, kamenito köve(cse)sen; kőkeményen, jéghidegen dengan keras kuldalega duramente 無表情に 돌처럼 akmeniniu/pastėrusiu žvilgsniu kā akmens; akmenim līdzīgi dengan beras koud kaldt, steinhardt lodowato friamente cu răceală с каменным выражением ľadovo kamnito kamenito stenhårt, iskallt อย่างเขม็ง; อย่างทมึงถึง taş gibi 冷酷地 з кам'яним поглядом; холодно پتھر کی طرح سے đầy đá, lạnh lùng 冷酷地
ˈstoniness noun
koudheid تَحَجُّر хладност frieza kamenitost; chladnost steinige Beschaffenheit kulde σκληρότητα, πετρώδης επιφάνεια frialdad kalkus بي احساسي jäätävyys, kivisyys nature pierreuse, dureté קשיחות भावशून्यता, कठोरता koji je kamen, kamenit érzéketlenség; kőszerűség kekerasan sem er grÿttur, harður durezza 無表情 돌 같음 suakmenėjimas akmeņainība bersifat keras koudheid (det) som er hardt/iskaldt lodowata atmosfera frieza caracter pietros, duritate холодность kamenistosť; ľadovosť kamnitost kamenitost stenighet ความเฉยเมย taş gibi oluş 冷酷 процент камінців у ґрунті پتھر کا سا ہونا sự đầy đá, sự lạnh lùng 冷酷
ˌstone-ˈcold, ˌstone-ˈdead, ˌstone-ˈdeaf adjective
completely cold, dead, or deaf. He's almost stone-deaf; Your soup is stone-cold. He was stone-dead. yskoud, morsdood, stokdoof تماما، كُلّياً изстинал totalmente chladný/mrtvý/hluchý jako kámen eiskalt, mausetot, stocktaub iskold; stendød; stokdøv εντελώς, τελείως παγωμένος, νεκρός, κουφός completamente frío/tieso/sordo jääkülm, koolnud, kurt كاملا بي جان jääkylmä, kuollut kuin kivi, umpikuuro complètement froid; raide mort; sourd comme un pot לגמרי पूर्ण sasvim (hladan, mrtav ili gluh) jéghideg; halott; földsüket sepenuhnya ískaldur, steindauður, alheyrnarlaus gelido; ; 全く- 아주 완전히 찬, 죽은, 귀머거리 šaltas kaip ledas, negyvas, visiškai kurčias pilnīgi; galīgi sepenuhnya steen- iskald; steindød; stokk døv zimny jak lód, umarły `na amen`, głuchy jak pień totalmente холодный как лёд; мёртвый; совершенно глухой chladný ako kameň; mŕtvy; hluchý ako peň popolnoma hladan kao kamen iskall, stendöd, stendöv หนาวจนตัวแข็ง; ตายเป็นเวลานานจนตัวแข็ง; หูหนวก ... gibi, tamamen (前綴)完全的... холодний як лід; мертвий; глухий як пень بالکل ٹھنڈا lạnh như đá 完全的...
ˈstoneware noun, adjective
(of) a hard type of pottery made of clay containing pieces of stone. a stoneware jug. erdewerk مَصْنوعات حَجَرِيَّه керамични изделия louça de barro kamenina; kameninový das Steingut stentøj; stentøjs- κεραμικά από αμμώδη άργιλο gres kivikeraamika نوعي ظرف سنگي kivikeramiikka grès כְּלֵי חֶרֶס शिलामाण्ड kameno pocakljeno posuđe, lončarska roba od kremenaste gline kőedény gerabah leirmunir gres; di gres 陶器の一種 석기 keraminiai indai; keraminis akmens masas keramika perkakasan mengandungi batu steengoed steintøy kamionka, kamionkowy louça de barro (de) ceramică глиняная посуда kamenina; kameninový lončenina posuđe od gline stengods ภาชนะที่ทําจากหิน dayanıklı çanak çömlek 粗陶器,石器 гончарні вироби; керамічний پتھر چینی کے برتن đồ gốm làm bắng đất sét có chứa một lượng đá nhỏ 粗陶器,石制品
ˈstonework noun
construction done in stone, especially the stone parts of a building. klipwerk مَبْنى حَجَري каменоделство cantaria kamenné zdivo die Steinarbeit murerarbejde λιθοδομή cantería kivimüüritis سنگ كاري kivityö maçonnerie עֲבוֹדַת אֶבֶן पत्थर की चिनाई kameni zidovi, ziđe kőfaragás pertukangan batu vinna við steinsmíði (muratura in pietra) 石造物 석조물, 석조 건축 akmens darbai akmens būvniecība; mūris; (celtnes) akmens daļas kerja batuan steenwerk murverk, steinkonstruksjon kamieniarka cantaria zidărie каменная кладка kamenné murivo zidarsko delo kameni delovi zgrade murverk, stenhuggeriarbete ส่วนของสิ่งก่อสร้างที่ทําจากหิน taş işleme 石造(工程) кам'яна кладка, мурування پتھروں کی معماری công trình xây bằng đá 石造工程
leave no stone unturned
to try every possible means. The police left no stone unturned to (try to) find the child. op alle moontlike maniere يَبْذُلُ قُصارى جُهْدِه не оставям камък върху камък mover céus e terra obrátit každý kámen nichts unversucht lassen prøve alle midler κινώ γη και ουρανό, δοκιμάζω όλα τα μέσα no dejar piedra por mover kõiki vahendeid kasutama همه راهها را امتحان كردن tehdä kaikkensa remuer ciel et terre לְנָסוֹת בְּכָל דֶרֶך אֶפשָרִית तमाम प्रयास करना sve pokušati, poduzeti sve i sva minden követ megmozgat berusaha keras leita allra leiða (non lasciare nulla di intentato), (fare tutto il possibile) 八方手を尽くす 모든 수단을 다 쓰다 viską daryti izdarīt visu iespējamo berusaha keras hemel en aarde bewegen prøve alle midler poruszać niebo i ziemię mover céus e terra a se face luntre şi punte сделать всё возможное urobiť všetko, čo je v ľudských silách vse poskusiti pokušati sve pröva alla sätt, inte lämna något oprövat พยายามทุกวิถีทาง her yolu denemek 千方百計 випробувати всі можливі засоби ہر ممکنہ ذریعہ کو آزمانا dùng đủ mọi cách 千方百计
a stone's throw
a very short distance. They live only a stone's throw away from here. klipgooi على مَرْمى الحَجَر، قريبا، على مَقْرُبَةٍ من هُنا на един хвърлей a curta distância co by kamenem dohodil ein Steinwurf, ein Katzensprung stenkast μικρή απόσταση, ένα βήμα a tiro de piedra kiviviske kaugusel فاصله كوتاه kivenheiton päässä à deux pas (de) קרוב מאוד थोड़ी दूरी mala udaljenost, domet kamena kőhajtásnyi(ra) tidak jauh steinsnar (a breve distanza), (a un tiro di schioppo) すぐ近く 매우 가까운 곳에 netoli, už kelių žingsnių akmens sviediena attālumā; ļoti tuvu jarak yang dekat steenworp et steinkast niedaleko a curta distância la o arun­cătură de băţ рукой подать čo by kameňom dohodil lučaj blizu ett stenkast ที่ใกล้กัน iki adımlık mesafe 非常短的距離 рукою подати بہت نزدیک một khoảng rất ngắn 很短的距离,一投石之距离
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stone

حَجَر kámen sten Stein πέτρα piedra kivi pierre kamen, kamenčić pietra steen stein kamień , kamyk pedra камень , камешек sten หิน taş đá 石头
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

stone

n. piedra, cálculo.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

stone

n cálculo (form), piedra; kidney — cálculo renal, piedra del or en el riñón
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Or even if it had been dark a practiced hand would have felt by the rein that there was something wrong in the step, and they would have got down and picked out the stone. But this man went on laughing and talking, while at every step the stone became more firmly wedged between my shoe and the frog of my foot.
One afternoon, when the sun was going down, a mother and her little boy sat at the door of their cottage, talking about the Great Stone Face.
The stone cannot be removed from its place by any force, because the hoop and its feet are one continued piece with that body of adamant which constitutes the bottom of the island.
At his feet D'Artagnan recognized the five chalands laden with rough stone he had seen leave the port of Pirial.
At the base of one of the mountains, and surrounded on all sides by dense groves, a series of vast terraces of stone rises, step by step, for a considerable distance up the hill side.
As she did so, on holding up the lamp we perceived that a mass of stone was rising slowly from the floor and vanishing into the rock above, where doubtless there is a cavity prepared to receive it.
These temples are built upon massive substructions that might support a world, almost; the materials used are blocks of stone as large as an omnibus--very few, if any of them, are smaller than a carpenter's tool chest--and these substructions are traversed by tunnels of masonry through which a train of cars might pass.
Without any endeavour to correct the literality of this opinion, Jasper surveys his companion--covered from head to foot with old mortar, lime, and stone grit--as though he, Jasper, were getting imbued with a romantic interest in his weird life.
And when matins and the first mass were done, there was seen in the churchyard, against the high altar, a great stone foursquare, like unto a marble stone, and in the midst thereof was like an anvil of steel a foot on high, and therein stuck a fair sword naked by the point, and letters there were written in gold about the sword that said thus:-- 'Whoso pulleth out this sword of the stone and anvil is rightwise king born of all England.'
It was a heavy mass of building, that chateau of Monsieur the Marquis, with a large stone courtyard before it, and two stone sweeps of staircase meeting in a stone terrace before the principal door.
I had passed the forest, and had come, as it were, to the legs of the old stone Witch who sits up aloft there forever waiting for the world to die.
Tarzan was sure that there was another and more lovely world than that which was confined to the darkness of the four stone walls surrounding him.

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