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stoning 音标拼音: [st'onɪŋ] 河床铺石; 磨刀 河床铺石; 磨刀 stoning n 1: the act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim ( even unto death) [ synonym: { stoning}, { lapidation}] Stone \ Stone\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Stoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Stoning}.] [ From { Stone}, n.: cf. AS. st? nan, Goth. stainjan.] 1. To pelt, beat, or kill with stones. [ 1913 Webster] And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. -- Acts vii. 59. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To make like stone; to harden. [ 1913 Webster] O perjured woman! thou dost stone my heart. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To free from stones; also, to remove the seeds of; as, to stone a field; to stone cherries; to stone raisins. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To wall or face with stones; to line or fortify with stones; as, to stone a well; to stone a cellar. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone. [ 1913 Webster] [ 1913 Webster] 54 Moby Thesaurus words for " stoning": bane, beheading, blood, bloodletting, bloodshed, braining, burning, capital punishment, crucifixion, dealing death, decapitation, decollation, defenestration, destruction, destruction of life, dispatch, electrocution, euthanasia, execution, extermination, flow of blood, fusillade, garrote, gassing, gore, hanging, hemlock, immolation, judicial murder, kill, killing, lapidation, martyrdom, martyrization, mercy killing, necktie party, poisoning, ritual killing, ritual murder, sacrifice, shooting, slaughter, slaying, strangling, strangulation, taking of life, the ax, the block, the chair, the gallows, the gas chamber, the guillotine, the hot seat, the rope
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