stone
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/stəʊ̯n/]
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Senses
1. stone (noun) — sense 1
Definition: A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
Example: Toad, that vnder cold ſtone, / Dayes and Nights ha’s thirty one: / Sweltred Venom ſleeping got, / Boyle thou firſt i’th’ charmed pot.
Concept: Камень
2. stone (noun) — sense 2
Definition: A piece of such material: a block of stone, rock or a pebble.
Example: A railway station which formerly stood a few miles from Sydney has recently been demolished, stone by stone, and has been re-erected as a church in the Australian Capital Territory of Canberra, about 200 miles away.
3. stone (noun) — sense 3
Definition: A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
Example: […]Ineſtimable Stones, vnvalewed Iewels[…]
4. stone (adj) — sense 4
Definition: Constructed of stone.
Example: stone walls
5. stone (adj) — sense 5
Definition: Having the appearance of stone.
Example: stone pot
6. stone (adj) — sense 6
Definition: Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
7. stone (adv) — sense 7
Definition: As a stone (used with following adjective).
Example: My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold.
8. stone (adv) — sense 8
Definition: Absolutely, completely (used with following adjectives).
Example: I went stone crazy after she left.
Structure of the word
Roots:- steyh₂ (Proto-Indo-European)
Connections
Polarities
Hardness ↔ Softness — concept «Камень»
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