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destone en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + stone.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To remove the stones from.
   • Fasting tills the heart, destones it, and fertilizes it for better faith production. 2015, Chiadikobi Levi Emmanuel, Living in Supernatural Faith:
   • […] 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:

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Deriveds

destoner