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Definition of stone verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

stone

verb
 
/stəʊn/
 
/stəʊn/
[usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they stone
 
/stəʊn/
 
/stəʊn/
he / she / it stones
 
/stəʊnz/
 
/stəʊnz/
past simple stoned
 
/stəʊnd/
 
/stəʊnd/
past participle stoned
 
/stəʊnd/
 
/stəʊnd/
-ing form stoning
 
/ˈstəʊnɪŋ/
 
/ˈstəʊnɪŋ/
Idioms
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    throw stones

  1. to throw stones at somebody/something
    • be stoned Shops were looted and vehicles stoned.
    • to be stoned to death (= as a punishment)
    2.

    fruit

  2. (British English)
    (also pit North American English, British English)
    stone something to remove the stone from the inside of a fruit
    • stoned black olives
    3. Word OriginOld English stān (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch steen and German Stein. The verb dates from Middle English (first recorded in sense (1)).
Idioms
stone the crows | stone me
  1. (British English, old-fashioned) used to express surprise, shock, anger, etc.
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