'Stoning' definitions:
Definition of 'stoning'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death) [syn: stoning, lapidation]
Definition of 'Stoning'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'stoning'
From: Easton
- Stoning a form of punishment (Lev. 20:2; 24:14; Deut. 13:10; 17:5; 22:21) prescribed for certain offences. Of Achan (Josh. 7:25), Naboth (1 Kings 21), Stephen (Acts 7:59), Paul (Acts 14:19; 2 Cor. 11:25).
Synonyms of 'stoning'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Stoning'
- Stone,
- Stoned,
- Through stone,
- Armenian stone,
- Assian stone,
- Atlantic stone,
- Bath stone,
- Big Stone,
- Blarney stone,
- Blue stone,
- Bologna stone,
- Bolognian stone,
- Bowing stone,
- Bristol stone,
- Brown stone,
- Caen stone,
- Canary stone,
- Cinnamon stone,
- Corn stone,
- Corner stone,
- Crab's stones,
- Cut stone,
- Dimension stone,
- Diving stone,
- Druid stone,
- Druid stones,
- Ear stones,
- Edge stone,
- End stone,
- Fairy stone,
- Falling stone,
- Figure stone,
- Flint stone,
- Float stone,
- Foil stone,
- Gout stones,
- Grindle stone,
- Hone stone,
- Imposing stone,
- Infernal stone,
- Kidney stone,
- Lively stones,
- Living stone,
- Lizard stone,
- Lydian stone,
- Meteoric stone,
- Meteoric stones,
- Moabite stone,
- Mocha stone,
- Mort stone,
- Nephritic stone,
- Paddock stone,
- Perpend stone,
- Perpent stone,
- Philosopher's stone,
- Phrygian stone,
- Plaster stone,
- Portland stone,
- Precious stones,
- Pudding stone,
- Pumice stone,
- Purbeck stone,
- Putting stone,
- Razor stone,
- Rocking stone,
- Rotten stone,
- Rune stone,
- Satin stone,
- Screw stone,
- Shoe stone,
- Show stone,
- Slocking stone,
- Stone County,
- Stone Creek,
- Stone Harbor,
- Stone Mountain,
- Stone Park,
- Stone Ridge,
- Stone age,
- Stone bass,
- Stone biter,
- Stone boiling,
- Stone borer,
- Stone bramble,
- Stone bruise,
- Stone canal,
- Stone cat,
- Stone coal,
- Stone coral,
- Stone crab,
- Stone crawfish,
- Stone crush,
- Stone curlew,
- Stone eater,
- Stone falcon,
- Stone fern,
- Stone fly,
- Stone fruit,
- Stone grig,
- Stone hammer,
- Stone hawk,
- Stone jar,
- Stone lily,
- Stone lugger,
- Stone marten,
- Stone mason,
- Stone oil,
- Stone parsley,
- Stone perch,
- Stone pine,
- Stone pit,
- Stone pitch,
- Stone plover,
- Stone roller,
- Stone snipe,
- Stone thrush,
- Stone toter,
- Stone's cast,
- Stone's throw,
- Stone, AR,
- Stone, MO,
- Stone, MS,
- Trone stone,
- Turkey stone,
- White Stone,
- Whitening stone,
- Wine stone,
- abrading stone,
- bladder stone,
- carved in stone,
- cherry stone,
- china stone,
- coping stone,
- emery stone,
- flowering stone,
- foundation stone,
- harlan stone,
- i. f. stone,
- lard stone,
- lucy stone,
- oliver stone,
- paving stone,
- philosophers' stone,
- precious stone,
- rolling stone,
- rosetta stone,
- sardine stone,
- sarsen stone,
- set in stone,
- standing stone,
- stepping stone,
- sticks and stone,
- stone breaker,
- stone cold,
- stone cress,
- stone drill,
- stone faced,
- stone facing,
- stone plant,
- stone root,
- stone stone-gray,
- stone wall,
- stones precious,
- Big Stone City,
- Big Stone County,
- Big Stone Gap,
- Big Stone, MN,
- Brain stone coral,
- Cross-stone,
- Dry-stone,
- Gravel-stone,
- Jew's-stone,
- Rocking-stone,
- Stepping-stone,
- Stone Age man,
- Stone County, AR,
- Stone County, MO,
- Stone County, MS,
- Stone Creek, OH,
- Stone Harbor, NJ,
- Stone Mountain, GA,
- Stone Park, IL,
- Stone Ridge, NY,
- Stone-blind,
- Stone-break,
- Stone-cold,
- Stone-dead,
- Stone-deaf,
- Stone-hearted,
- Stone-horse,
- Stone-mortar,
- Stone-still,
- Stumbling-stone,
- To leave no stone unturned,
- Venus's hair stone,
- White Stone, VA,
- edward durell stone,
- harlan f. stone,
- harlan fisk stone,
- harlan fiske stone,
- isidor feinstein stone,
- leave no stone unturned,
- new stone age,
- stone life face,
- stone mimicry plant,
- stone-broke,
- stone-face,
- stone-gray,
- stone-grey,
- stone-root,
- stone-sober,
- stone-wash,
- swiss stone pine,
- Big Stone City, SD,
- Big Stone County, MN,
- Big Stone Gap, VA,
- Ro-setta stone,
- dry-stone wall