Noun stoning has 1 sense
  1. stoning, lapidation - pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)
    --1 is a kind of corporal punishment
    Derived form: verb stone1
,Verb stone has 2 senses
  1. stone, lapidate - kill by throwing stones at; "Adulterers should be stoned according to the Koran"
    --1 is one way to kill
    Derived forms: noun stone2, noun stone1, noun stoner1, noun stoning1
    Sample sentence:
    They want to stone the prisoners
  2. pit, stone - remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries"
    --2 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
    Derived form: noun stone5
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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