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stone(2) (iou)



stone verb. ME.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Throw stones at, pelt with stones; esp. put to death by pelting with stones. ME.
A. Mason The guilty man was accordingly stoned. C. Phillips Some boys were stoning the guava trees for fruit. Sun A police van hit a lamp post after it was stoned by 30 youths.
verb trans. Clear or free (ground) from stones. L15-M17.
verb trans. Turn into stone, make hard like stone, petrify. Chiefly fig. E17-M19.
verb trans. Provide or fit with stones; pave or build up with stone or stones. Also, cover or shut up with stones. E17.
verb trans. Take the stones out of (fruit). M17.
verb trans. Rub or polish with a stone; sharpen on a whetstone; scour and smooth (leather) with a stone. L17.
verb intrans. Of a fruit: form a stone in the process of growth. M19.
a. verb intrans. Become intoxicated with drink or drugs, esp. (foll. by out) to the point of unconsciousness. slang (chiefly US). M20.
b. verb trans. Intoxicate; make ecstatic. See also STONED. slang (orig. US). M20.
Phrases: stone me expr. astonishment, disbelief, etc. stone the crows: see CROW noun1 1.