stoned
/stoʊnd/
verb
- Past tense of 'stone' — to throw stones at someone or something, especially as a punishment or attack.
- The protesters stoned the police barricades.
- In ancient times, people were sometimes stoned for serious crimes.
- The angry mob stoned the thief in the town square.
- Past tense of 'stone' — to remove the stone from a fruit.
- She stoned the cherries before adding them to the pie.
- He carefully stoned each olive for the appetizer.
- The recipe says to use stoned plums, so I stoned them all.
adjective
- Under the influence of a drug, especially marijuana.
- She got stoned and spent the evening listening to music.
- He was too stoned to remember what happened at the party.
- They sat around the campfire, completely stoned and laughing at everything.
- Having had the stones removed, especially from fruit.
- She bought a bag of stoned dates for baking.
- The recipe calls for stoned olives, not whole ones.
- Stoned peaches are easier to slice for a salad.
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