"destone" meaning in All languages combined

See destone on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: destones [present, singular, third-person], destoning [participle, present], destoned [participle, past], destoned [past]
Etymology: From de- + stone. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|stone}} de- + stone Head templates: {{en-verb}} destone (third-person singular simple present destones, present participle destoning, simple past and past participle destoned)
  1. (transitive) To remove the stones from. Tags: transitive Derived forms: destoner

Inflected forms

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      "form": "destoned",
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          "ref": "1988, R. J. Halley, R. J. Soffe, Primrose McConnell's The Agricultural Notebook, page 170:",
          "text": "[…] sandy soils may be ploughed in the spring and then destoned.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Timothy Bewes, Reification, Or, The Anxiety of Late Capitalism, page 125:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Chiadikobi Levi Emmanuel, Living in Supernatural Faith:",
          "text": "Fasting tills the heart, destones it, and fertilizes it for better faith production.",
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        }
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        "To remove the stones from."
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        "(transitive) To remove the stones from."
      ],
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  ],
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    },
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          "text": "[…] sandy soils may be ploughed in the spring and then destoned.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Timothy Bewes, Reification, Or, The Anxiety of Late Capitalism, page 125:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Chiadikobi Levi Emmanuel, Living in Supernatural Faith:",
          "text": "Fasting tills the heart, destones it, and fertilizes it for better faith production.",
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}

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