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PRONUNCIATION OF STONE-DEAD

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STONE-DEAD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stone-Dead is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES STONE-DEAD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of stone-dead in the English dictionary

The definition of stone-dead in the dictionary is completely lifeless.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STONE-DEAD

stone pit
stone roller
stone saw
Stone sheep
stone shoot
stone the crows
Stone-Age
stone-blind
stone-broke
stone-cold
stone-deaf
stone-like
stone-lily
stone´s cast
Stone´s sheep
stone´s throw
stoneable
stoneboat
stoneborer
stonebrash

WORDS THAT END LIKE STONE-DEAD

ahead
braindead
bread
clinically dead
cut a person dead
dead
drop-dead
half-dead
head
homestead
instead
lead
leave for dead
living dead
overhead
read
spread
the go-ahead
thread
undead

Synonyms and antonyms of stone-dead in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «stone-dead» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STONE-DEAD

Find out the translation of stone-dead to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stone-dead from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stone-dead» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

石死亡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

- piedra muerta
570 millions of speakers

English

stone-dead
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पत्थर मृत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حجر ميت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

камень - мертвым
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dead- pedra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মৃত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pierre - morts
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Batu-mati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mausetot
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

石死んだ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

돌 죽은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Watu mati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đá chết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கல் இறந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दगड-मृत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

taş gibi ölü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stone -dead
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Kamień - martwy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

камінь - мертвим
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- piatra mort
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πέτρα - νεκρούς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klip - dood
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stendöd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stein -dead
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stone-dead

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STONE-DEAD»

The term «stone-dead» is regularly used and occupies the 79.801 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STONE-DEAD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «stone-dead» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «stone-dead» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stone-dead

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STONE-DEAD»

Discover the use of stone-dead in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stone-dead and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Stone Dead
Detective Chief Inspector Neil Paget and his assistant, Sergeant John Tegales, attempt to solve the baffling case of an unidentified corpse found at the bottom of a stone well
Frank Smith, 1997
2
Stone Dead
The newest owner of Hugger Doll, an antique doll with a painted expression, Hally Varney soon discovers why the previous owner was so eager to part with the doll. Original.
Ellen Jamison, 1993
3
Stone Dead
A fast-paced British procedural mystery finds Detective Chief Inspector Neil Paget and his rather cheerful assistant, Sergeant John Tegalles, attempting to solve the baffling case of an unidentified corpse found at the bottom of a stone ...
Frank Smith, 1999
4
Stone Dead
'Stone Dead' is a dark tale of intrigue and obsession from the wilds of west Cornwall.
Kelvin Jones, 2006
5
A Gallery of Grace: 12 New Testament Pictures of the ...
We sometimes say that something is "as dead as a rock" or "stone dead," but you could never say that related to Jesus. Because we have trusted the living Stone ( 2:4), we have been born again to a living hope (1:3) through the living Word of ...
Warren W. Wiersbe, 2002
6
The Tell-tale Heart
... the heart beat on with a muffled sound. This, however, did not vex me; it would not be heard through the wall.At length it ceased.The old man was dead.I removed the bed and examined the corpse.Yes, he was stone, stone dead.I placed my ...
Edgar Allan Poe, 2001
7
Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
I removed the bed and examined the corpse. Yes, he was stone, stone dead. I placed my hand upon the heart and held it there many minutes. There was no pulsation. He was stone dead. His eye would trouble me no more. If still you think me ...
Edgar Allan Poe, 2007
8
Divine Healing
He was stone dead. Here, I am inclined to believe that it was not just a stone from the sling that had killed Goliath, but an angel of the Lord had smote him. The stone became a boulder that fell from heaven. As if the stone had received the ...
Festus Akinnifesi, 2005
9
Annals of Agriculture, and Other Useful Arts
... if beasts of 96 stone are known to pay in such a ratio ? and whether it is not a strong presumption that small beasts pay better than large ones ? In the fame lot, age, and food, No. 1, and 7, get but 3s stone dead weight, or 17s. 6d. which is 8s.
‎1790
10
Interpretation of I and II Epistles of Peter, The Three ...
ment passages which describe Christ as "the living stone." Stones are dead; we even say "stone-dead." This fact makes the paradox of the living stone all the greater. There is in reality a double figure in "stone." There is first a reference to other ...
Richard C. Lenski

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STONE-DEAD»

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This Is the Scene at PA Shooting Suspect's Home After His Body …
... mile from where his body was found.","url":"/US/video/bradley-stone-dead-pa-shooting-manhunt-ends-police-27647231","section":"US","mediaType":"Default"}. «ABC News, Dec 14»
2
Mortgage drought could 'kill housing recovery stone-dead' next month
Tens of thousands of borrowers could be turned down for mortgages this summer because they are deemed to spend too much on pets, eating out or other ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Stone-Dead [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/stone-dead>. Apr 2024 ».
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