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destone

destone verb: to remove the stones from.

Verb

destone (third-person singular simple present destones, present participle destoning, simple past and past participle destoned)

  1. (transitive) To remove the stones from.
    • […] sandy soils may be ploughed in the spring and then destoned.1988, R. J. Halley, R. J. Soffe, Primrose McConnell's The Agricultural Notebook, page 170
    • Certainly he misses the point — so much so that in addressing the issue at all the sensation is like finding oneself trying to destone a cherry with a spade.2002, Timothy Bewes, Reification, Or, The Anxiety of Late Capitalism, page 125

Forms of destone

third-person singular presentdestones
present participledestoning
past participledestoned
pastdestoned

Origin of destone

From de- + stone.

Words formed from destone

Questions about destone

What does destone mean?
Destone means to remove the stones from.
What part of speech is destone?
Destone is a verb.
What is the past tense of destone?
The past tense of destone is destoned.

Words near destone in the dictionary

  1. desto
  2. destock
  3. destocked
  4. destocking
  5. destocks
  6. destone
  7. destoned
  8. destoner
  9. destoners
  10. destones
  11. destoning

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