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adj
noun
- building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose
- (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
- (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
- A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
- (countable, geology) A piece of such material: a rock or a pebble.
- (uncountable, geology) A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
- (British) A unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (≈6.3503 kilograms), formerly used for various commodities (wool, cheese, etc.), but now principally used for personal weight. Abbreviated as st.
- (curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
- A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
- (board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon and go.
- (printing, historical) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing.
- A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
- a lack of feeling or expression or movement
- the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
- an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds
- a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
- a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
- material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
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verb
- (intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
- (transitive) To wall or wall up with stones.
- (intransitive, Singapore, slang) To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.
- (transitive, slang) Especially of cannabis or narcotics: To intoxicate. (Usually in passive)
- (transitive) To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.
- (transitive) To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
- (transitive) To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.
- kill by throwing stones at
- remove the pits from
noun
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adj
- Relating to stone.
- relating to or composed of stone
- (inorganic chemistry) Relating to lithium.
- (geology) Relating to rock.
- (archaeology, often capitalised) pertaining to Native American culture before circa 8,500 BCE.
- (medicine) Relating to the formation of uric acid concretions (stones) in the bladder and other parts of the body.
- of or containing lithium
noun
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adj
- Containing or made up of stones.
- As hard as stone.
- (figuratively, of a person) Lacking warmth and emotion.
- (figuratively, of an action or expression such as a look) Showing no warmth of emotion; (usually also) emotionally cold, silent, and motionless or nearly so.
- (UK and Australia, slang) Ellipsis of stony broke: without any money.
- abounding in rocks or stones
- hard as granite
- showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
noun
- structure built of stone or brick by a mason
- the craft of a mason
- That which is built by a mason; anything constructed of the materials used by masons, such as stone, brick, tiles, or the like.
- The craft, institution, or mysteries of Freemasons; Freemasonry.
- The work or performance of a mason.
- The art or occupation of a mason.
noun
- A stone used in building a course.
- A dog used for coursing.
- Any of several species of terrestrial bird in the genera Cursorius and Rhinoptilus.
- A hunter who practises coursing.
- A swift horse; a racehorse or a charger.
- formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle
- a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey
- swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles
- a dog trained for coursing
noun
- (architecture) A roughly cut stone set in place for later carving.
- A person in charge of a business or company.
- (geology) A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.
- (humorous) One's wife.
- (mechanics) A protrusion; frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
- (archery) A target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.
- A head or reservoir of water.
- A leader, the head of an organized group or team.
- (informal, especially India, MLE and Philippines) A term of address to a man, especially a customer, but also sometimes to a friend or acquaintance of equal standing.
- A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
- The head of a political party in a given region or district.
- A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
- (Australia) The male owner or man in charge of a large rural property.
- (video games) An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.
- A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.
- (architecture) A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.
- a person responsible for hiring workers
- a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments
- a person who exercises control and makes decisions
- a circular rounded projection or protuberance
- a person who exercises control over workers
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- a stone that forms the top of wall or building
- a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting
- a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it
- a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles
- A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person.
- A frame on which a canvas is stretched for painting.
- A brick laid with the longest (but least tall) side exposed.
- A device to stretch shoes or gloves.
- (nautical) A board against which a rower places his feet.
- Someone or something that stretches.
- (slang) A lie; an overstretching of the truth.
- (architecture) A piece of timber used in building.
- One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle.
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verb
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- an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings
- the usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis of a vascular plant
- (archaeology) An upright (or formerly upright) slab containing engraved or painted decorations or inscriptions; a stela.
- (botany) The central core of a plant's root and stem system, especially including the vascular tissue and developed from the plerome.
- (archaeology, uncommon) Any carved or engraved surface.
noun
- a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription
- A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.
- a small flat compressed cake of some substance
- a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
- a portable computer with a touchscreen
- a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
- (computing) A graphics tablet.
- (rail transport) A type of round token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.
- (religion) A short scripture written by the founders of the Baháʼí Faith.
- A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance in solid form.
- (computing) A tablet computer, a type of portable computer.
- A block of several sheets of blank paper that are bound together at the top; pad of paper.
- (Scotland) A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter, produced in flat slabs, with a grainer texture than fudge.
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noun
- (architecture) Stone hewn and finished to create such masonry, either completely or as a facade over an earthen or rubble core.
- (architecture) Masonry employing flat and well-squared stone or brick, creating an appearance similar to wooden flooring.
- (military, historical) A stone intended for hurling by means of a catapult or similar device.
- a rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes
noun
- (British) A large circular prehistoric stone construction such as Stonehenge.
- (colloquial) A telephone call.
- (typography) A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.
- Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
- In a jack plug, the connector between the tip and the sleeve.
- (Internet) Ellipsis of webring.
- A circular group of people or objects.
- (astronomy) A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet or young star.
- (vulgar) The rectum, anus, or anal sphincters.
- (historical) An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite.
- (chemistry) A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
- A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
- An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.
- (mathematical analysis, measure theory) A family of sets that is closed under finite unions and set-theoretic differences.
- (geometry) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
- (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
- The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
- A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
- (algebra) An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.
- (figuratively) A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.
- A long stripe of contrastive material, colour, etc, that encircles something.
- (computing theory) A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring).
- A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
- A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
- (jewelry) A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc.
- (algebra) An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive operation, a monoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation is distributive with respect to the additive operation.
- (networking) A network topology where connected devices form a circular data channel. All computers on the ring can see every message, and there are no collisions, and a single point of failure will occur if any part of the ring breaks.
- (firearms) Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
- (figuratively) A pleasant or correct sound.
- (UK) A burner on a kitchen stove.
- The open space in front of a racecourse stand, used for betting purposes.
- (cartomancy) The twenty-fifth Lenormand card.
- (botany) A flexible band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns.
- (UK) A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.
- (mathematics, order theory) A family of sets closed under finite union and finite intersection.
- a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
- a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle
- (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop
- an association of criminals
- a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
- a characteristic sound
- jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
- the sound of a bell ringing
- a toroidal shape
verb
- (transitive) To enclose or surround.
- (intransitive) to resound, reverberate, echo.
- (transitive) To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
- To ring up (enter into a cash register or till)
- (intransitive, figuratively) To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
- (transitive, colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand) To telephone (someone).
- (Australia, transitive) To ride around (a group of animals, especially cattle) to keep them milling in one place; hence (intransitive), to work as a drover, to muster cattle.
- (transitive, figuratively) To make an incision around; to girdle; to cut away a circular tract of bark from a tree in order to kill it.
- (transitive) To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
- (transitive) To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
- (intransitive) Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
- (transitive) To steal and change the identity of (cars) in order to resell them.
- (transitive) To produce (a sound) by ringing.
- (falconry) To rise in the air spirally.
- (intransitive) To produce music with bells.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
- sound loudly and sonorously
- ring or echo with sound
- attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
- get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
- make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
- extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
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- (UK) Any of the several (massive) kinds of non-local stone (particularly dolerite) used to construct Stonehenge.
- Copper(II) sulfate, CuSO₄(H₂O)ₓ where x is 0-5, used as a coloring agent in glass-making and pottery and for other purposes.
- (US, Canada) A feldspathic sandstone found in the US and Canada.
- (UK) A form of dolerite which appears blue when wet or freshly broken.
- Any of several bluish-grey varieties of stone used for construction:
- Chalcanthite, a water-soluble sulfate mineral, CuSO₄·5H₂O.
- (US) A form of limestone found in the Shenandoah Valley and some other places.
- (Australia, South Australia) Slate, such as comes from quarries in or near Adelaide.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A bluish-grey basalt or olivine basalt.
- Lapis lazuli, or its core constituent, lazurite.
- bluish-grey sandstone used for paving and building
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noun
- A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.
- stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones
- (Internet slang, ACG) An indication that a certain outcome or event is going to happen, deduced not logically or causally, but as a pattern in a piece of media. Chiefly used in video games and adjacent media, especially visual novels, it is typically described as being raised or set by the plot or words of a character.
- (computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.
- (nautical, often used attributively) A signal flag.
- The design that could be placed on a flag, typically a rectangular graphic that is used to represent an entity (like a country, organisation or group of people) or an idea.
- Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.
- (computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a Boolean true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.
- (mathematics, linear algebra) A sequence of subspaces of a vector space, beginning with the null space and ending with the vector space itself, such that each member of the sequence (until the last) is a proper subspace of the next.
- A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
- The bushy tail of a dog such as a setter.
- (aviation) A mechanical indicator that pops up to draw the pilot's attention to a problem or malfunction.
- (geology) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
- (British, uncountable) The game of capture the flag.
- A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
- (geometry) A sequence of faces of a given polytope, one of each dimension up to that of the polytope (formally, though in practice not always explicitly, including the null face and the polytope itself), such that each face in the sequence is part of the next-higher dimension face.
- (countable) A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
- The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
- (nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.
- (television) A dark piece of material that can be mounted on a stand to block or shape the light.
- (obsolete except in dialects) A slice of turf; a sod.
- (music) A hook attached to the stem of a written note that assigns its rhythmic value
- a conspicuously marked or shaped tail
- a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.
- emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
- flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
- a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device
- plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
verb
- (computing) To signal (an event).
- (transitive) To pave with flagstones.
- To fail, such as a class or an exam.
- (often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention.
- To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
- (sports) To penalize for an infraction.
- (chess, intransitive) To lose on time, especially in a blitz game; when using a traditional analog chess clock, a flag would fall when time expired.
- To furnish or deck out with flags.
- (computing) To set a program variable to true.
- To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.
- (firearms) To point the muzzle of a firearm at a person or object one does not intend to fire on.
- (biology) In female canids, to signal mating readiness by moving the tail aside to expose the vulva.
- (chess, transitive) To defeat (an opponent) on time, especially in a blitz game.
- (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
- To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.
- (intransitive) To weaken, become feeble.
- To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
- To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.
- To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.
- communicate or signal with a flag
- droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
- provide with a flag
- decorate with flags
- become less intense
noun
- A cairn or pile of stones.
- (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
- (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
- (mining) A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.
- (poker) A bet that increases the previous bet.
- (US) Ellipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”).
- increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
- the act of raising something
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- the amount a salary is increased
verb
- (figurative) To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.
- (metalworking, transitive) To emboss (sheet metal), or to form it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
- To cause something to come to the surface of water.
- Misspelling of raze.
- (law) To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).
- To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
- To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
- (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
- (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
- (nautical) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
- To collect or amass.
- (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
- To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.
- (India, transitive) To open, initiate.
- To promote.
- (military, transitive) To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.
- (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
- To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
- To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.
- (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
- (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
- (military) To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
- To bring up; to grow.
- (programming, transitive) To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event).
- To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
- raise in rank or condition
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- put forward for consideration or discussion
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- increase the level of
- put an end to a situation
- bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
- bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
- bet more than the previous player
- create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
- collect funds for a specific purpose
- cause to be heard or known; express or utter
- move upwards
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- cause to become alive again
- cause to puff up with a leaven
- raise the level or amount of something
- activate or stir up
- multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
- invigorate or heighten
- establish radio communications with
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- construct, build, or erect
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
- register formally as a participant or member
- look after a child until it is an adult
- cause to assemble or enlist in military
verb
- give (stone) a rustic look
- live in the country and lead a rustic life
- send to the country
- suspend temporarily from college or university, in England
- lend a rustic character to
- (ambitransitive, Oxbridge, Durham University) To be suspended or expelled temporarily from the university, either compulsorily or voluntarily.
- (transitive) To compel to live in or to send to the countryside; to cause to become rustic.
- (intransitive) To go to reside in the country.
- (transitive) To construct so as to produce jagged or heavily textured surfaces.
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- A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
- A cairn terrier.
- A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.
- small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland
- a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path
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- structure built of stone or brick by a mason
- the craft of a mason
- That which is built by a mason; anything constructed of the materials used by masons, such as stone, brick, tiles, or the like.
- The craft, institution, or mysteries of Freemasons; Freemasonry.
- The work or performance of a mason.
- The art or occupation of a mason.
noun
- A stone used in building a course.
- A dog used for coursing.
- Any of several species of terrestrial bird in the genera Cursorius and Rhinoptilus.
- A hunter who practises coursing.
- A swift horse; a racehorse or a charger.
- formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle
- a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey
- swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles
- a dog trained for coursing
noun
- (architecture) A roughly cut stone set in place for later carving.
- A person in charge of a business or company.
- (geology) A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.
- (humorous) One's wife.
- (mechanics) A protrusion; frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
- (archery) A target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.
- A head or reservoir of water.
- A leader, the head of an organized group or team.
- (informal, especially India, MLE and Philippines) A term of address to a man, especially a customer, but also sometimes to a friend or acquaintance of equal standing.
- A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
- The head of a political party in a given region or district.
- A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
- (Australia) The male owner or man in charge of a large rural property.
- (video games) An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.
- A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.
- (architecture) A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.
- a person responsible for hiring workers
- a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments
- a person who exercises control and makes decisions
- a circular rounded projection or protuberance
- a person who exercises control over workers
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verb
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- a stone that forms the top of wall or building
- a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting
- a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it
- a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles
- A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person.
- A frame on which a canvas is stretched for painting.
- A brick laid with the longest (but least tall) side exposed.
- A device to stretch shoes or gloves.
- (nautical) A board against which a rower places his feet.
- Someone or something that stretches.
- (slang) A lie; an overstretching of the truth.
- (architecture) A piece of timber used in building.
- One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle.
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- an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings
- the usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis of a vascular plant
- (archaeology) An upright (or formerly upright) slab containing engraved or painted decorations or inscriptions; a stela.
- (botany) The central core of a plant's root and stem system, especially including the vascular tissue and developed from the plerome.
- (archaeology, uncommon) Any carved or engraved surface.
noun
- a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription
- A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.
- a small flat compressed cake of some substance
- a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
- a portable computer with a touchscreen
- a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
- (computing) A graphics tablet.
- (rail transport) A type of round token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.
- (religion) A short scripture written by the founders of the Baháʼí Faith.
- A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance in solid form.
- (computing) A tablet computer, a type of portable computer.
- A block of several sheets of blank paper that are bound together at the top; pad of paper.
- (Scotland) A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter, produced in flat slabs, with a grainer texture than fudge.
verb
noun
- (architecture) Stone hewn and finished to create such masonry, either completely or as a facade over an earthen or rubble core.
- (architecture) Masonry employing flat and well-squared stone or brick, creating an appearance similar to wooden flooring.
- (military, historical) A stone intended for hurling by means of a catapult or similar device.
- a rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes
noun
- (British) A large circular prehistoric stone construction such as Stonehenge.
- (colloquial) A telephone call.
- (typography) A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.
- Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
- In a jack plug, the connector between the tip and the sleeve.
- (Internet) Ellipsis of webring.
- A circular group of people or objects.
- (astronomy) A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet or young star.
- (vulgar) The rectum, anus, or anal sphincters.
- (historical) An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite.
- (chemistry) A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
- A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
- An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.
- (mathematical analysis, measure theory) A family of sets that is closed under finite unions and set-theoretic differences.
- (geometry) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
- (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
- The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
- A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
- (algebra) An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.
- (figuratively) A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.
- A long stripe of contrastive material, colour, etc, that encircles something.
- (computing theory) A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring).
- A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
- A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
- (jewelry) A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc.
- (algebra) An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive operation, a monoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation is distributive with respect to the additive operation.
- (networking) A network topology where connected devices form a circular data channel. All computers on the ring can see every message, and there are no collisions, and a single point of failure will occur if any part of the ring breaks.
- (firearms) Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
- (figuratively) A pleasant or correct sound.
- (UK) A burner on a kitchen stove.
- The open space in front of a racecourse stand, used for betting purposes.
- (cartomancy) The twenty-fifth Lenormand card.
- (botany) A flexible band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns.
- (UK) A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.
- (mathematics, order theory) A family of sets closed under finite union and finite intersection.
- a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
- a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle
- (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop
- an association of criminals
- a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
- a characteristic sound
- jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
- the sound of a bell ringing
- a toroidal shape
verb
- (transitive) To enclose or surround.
- (intransitive) to resound, reverberate, echo.
- (transitive) To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
- To ring up (enter into a cash register or till)
- (intransitive, figuratively) To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
- (transitive, colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand) To telephone (someone).
- (Australia, transitive) To ride around (a group of animals, especially cattle) to keep them milling in one place; hence (intransitive), to work as a drover, to muster cattle.
- (transitive, figuratively) To make an incision around; to girdle; to cut away a circular tract of bark from a tree in order to kill it.
- (transitive) To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
- (transitive) To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
- (intransitive) Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
- (transitive) To steal and change the identity of (cars) in order to resell them.
- (transitive) To produce (a sound) by ringing.
- (falconry) To rise in the air spirally.
- (intransitive) To produce music with bells.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
- sound loudly and sonorously
- ring or echo with sound
- attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
- get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
- make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
- extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
noun
noun
noun
- (UK) Any of the several (massive) kinds of non-local stone (particularly dolerite) used to construct Stonehenge.
- Copper(II) sulfate, CuSO₄(H₂O)ₓ where x is 0-5, used as a coloring agent in glass-making and pottery and for other purposes.
- (US, Canada) A feldspathic sandstone found in the US and Canada.
- (UK) A form of dolerite which appears blue when wet or freshly broken.
- Any of several bluish-grey varieties of stone used for construction:
- Chalcanthite, a water-soluble sulfate mineral, CuSO₄·5H₂O.
- (US) A form of limestone found in the Shenandoah Valley and some other places.
- (Australia, South Australia) Slate, such as comes from quarries in or near Adelaide.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A bluish-grey basalt or olivine basalt.
- Lapis lazuli, or its core constituent, lazurite.
- bluish-grey sandstone used for paving and building
verb
adj
noun
- building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose
- (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
- (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
- A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
- (countable, geology) A piece of such material: a rock or a pebble.
- (uncountable, geology) A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
- (British) A unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (≈6.3503 kilograms), formerly used for various commodities (wool, cheese, etc.), but now principally used for personal weight. Abbreviated as st.
- (curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
- A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
- (board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon and go.
- (printing, historical) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing.
- A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
- a lack of feeling or expression or movement
- the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
- an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds
- a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
- a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
- material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
adv
verb
- (intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
- (transitive) To wall or wall up with stones.
- (intransitive, Singapore, slang) To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.
- (transitive, slang) Especially of cannabis or narcotics: To intoxicate. (Usually in passive)
- (transitive) To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.
- (transitive) To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
- (transitive) To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.
- kill by throwing stones at
- remove the pits from
noun
- A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.
- stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones
- (Internet slang, ACG) An indication that a certain outcome or event is going to happen, deduced not logically or causally, but as a pattern in a piece of media. Chiefly used in video games and adjacent media, especially visual novels, it is typically described as being raised or set by the plot or words of a character.
- (computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.
- (nautical, often used attributively) A signal flag.
- The design that could be placed on a flag, typically a rectangular graphic that is used to represent an entity (like a country, organisation or group of people) or an idea.
- Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.
- (computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a Boolean true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.
- (mathematics, linear algebra) A sequence of subspaces of a vector space, beginning with the null space and ending with the vector space itself, such that each member of the sequence (until the last) is a proper subspace of the next.
- A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
- The bushy tail of a dog such as a setter.
- (aviation) A mechanical indicator that pops up to draw the pilot's attention to a problem or malfunction.
- (geology) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
- (British, uncountable) The game of capture the flag.
- A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
- (geometry) A sequence of faces of a given polytope, one of each dimension up to that of the polytope (formally, though in practice not always explicitly, including the null face and the polytope itself), such that each face in the sequence is part of the next-higher dimension face.
- (countable) A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
- The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
- (nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.
- (television) A dark piece of material that can be mounted on a stand to block or shape the light.
- (obsolete except in dialects) A slice of turf; a sod.
- (music) A hook attached to the stem of a written note that assigns its rhythmic value
- a conspicuously marked or shaped tail
- a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.
- emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
- flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
- a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device
- plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
verb
- (computing) To signal (an event).
- (transitive) To pave with flagstones.
- To fail, such as a class or an exam.
- (often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention.
- To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
- (sports) To penalize for an infraction.
- (chess, intransitive) To lose on time, especially in a blitz game; when using a traditional analog chess clock, a flag would fall when time expired.
- To furnish or deck out with flags.
- (computing) To set a program variable to true.
- To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.
- (firearms) To point the muzzle of a firearm at a person or object one does not intend to fire on.
- (biology) In female canids, to signal mating readiness by moving the tail aside to expose the vulva.
- (chess, transitive) To defeat (an opponent) on time, especially in a blitz game.
- (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
- To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.
- (intransitive) To weaken, become feeble.
- To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
- To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.
- To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.
- communicate or signal with a flag
- droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
- provide with a flag
- decorate with flags
- become less intense
noun
- A cairn or pile of stones.
- (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
- (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
- (mining) A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.
- (poker) A bet that increases the previous bet.
- (US) Ellipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”).
- increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
- the act of raising something
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- the amount a salary is increased
verb
- (figurative) To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.
- (metalworking, transitive) To emboss (sheet metal), or to form it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
- To cause something to come to the surface of water.
- Misspelling of raze.
- (law) To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).
- To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
- To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
- (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
- (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
- (nautical) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
- To collect or amass.
- (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
- To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.
- (India, transitive) To open, initiate.
- To promote.
- (military, transitive) To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.
- (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
- To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
- To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.
- (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
- (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
- (military) To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
- To bring up; to grow.
- (programming, transitive) To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event).
- To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
- raise in rank or condition
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- put forward for consideration or discussion
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- increase the level of
- put an end to a situation
- bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
- bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
- bet more than the previous player
- create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
- collect funds for a specific purpose
- cause to be heard or known; express or utter
- move upwards
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- cause to become alive again
- cause to puff up with a leaven
- raise the level or amount of something
- activate or stir up
- multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
- invigorate or heighten
- establish radio communications with
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- construct, build, or erect
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
- register formally as a participant or member
- look after a child until it is an adult
- cause to assemble or enlist in military
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verb
noun
- A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
- A cairn terrier.
- A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.
- small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland
- a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path
verb
- give (stone) a rustic look
- live in the country and lead a rustic life
- send to the country
- suspend temporarily from college or university, in England
- lend a rustic character to
- (ambitransitive, Oxbridge, Durham University) To be suspended or expelled temporarily from the university, either compulsorily or voluntarily.
- (transitive) To compel to live in or to send to the countryside; to cause to become rustic.
- (intransitive) To go to reside in the country.
- (transitive) To construct so as to produce jagged or heavily textured surfaces.
adj
noun
- building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose
- (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
- (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
- A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
- (countable, geology) A piece of such material: a rock or a pebble.
- (uncountable, geology) A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
- (British) A unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (≈6.3503 kilograms), formerly used for various commodities (wool, cheese, etc.), but now principally used for personal weight. Abbreviated as st.
- (curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
- A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
- (board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon and go.
- (printing, historical) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing.
- A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
- a lack of feeling or expression or movement
- the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
- an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds
- a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
- a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
- material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
adv
verb
- (intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
- (transitive) To wall or wall up with stones.
- (intransitive, Singapore, slang) To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.
- (transitive, slang) Especially of cannabis or narcotics: To intoxicate. (Usually in passive)
- (transitive) To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.
- (transitive) To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
- (transitive) To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.
- kill by throwing stones at
- remove the pits from
adj
- Relating to stone.
- relating to or composed of stone
- (inorganic chemistry) Relating to lithium.
- (geology) Relating to rock.
- (archaeology, often capitalised) pertaining to Native American culture before circa 8,500 BCE.
- (medicine) Relating to the formation of uric acid concretions (stones) in the bladder and other parts of the body.
- of or containing lithium
noun
adj
- Containing or made up of stones.
- As hard as stone.
- (figuratively, of a person) Lacking warmth and emotion.
- (figuratively, of an action or expression such as a look) Showing no warmth of emotion; (usually also) emotionally cold, silent, and motionless or nearly so.
- (UK and Australia, slang) Ellipsis of stony broke: without any money.
- abounding in rocks or stones
- hard as granite
- showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings