Main Entry: ²stone

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s): stoned; ston·ing

Date: 13th century

1 : to hurl stones at; especially : to kill by pelting with stones
2 archaic : to make hard or insensitive to feeling
3 : to face, pave, or fortify with stones
4 : to remove the stones or seeds of (a fruit)
5 a : to rub, scour, or polish with a stone b : to sharpen with a whetstone

— ston·er noun