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stone|ware /stoʊ nweə ^r / N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] Stoneware is hard clay pottery which is baked at a high temperature. □  …hand-painted blue-and-white stoneware.

sto ne-washed also stonewashed ADJ Stone-washed jeans are jeans which have been specially washed with small pieces of stone so that when you buy them they are fairly pale and soft.

stone|work /stoʊ nwɜː ^r k/ N‑UNCOUNT Stonework consists of objects or parts of a building that are made of stone. □  …the crumbling stonework of the derelict church.

stony /stoʊ ni/ (stonier , stoniest )

1 ADJ Stony ground is rough and contains a lot of stones. □  The steep, stony ground is well drained. □  …a stony track.

2 ADJ A stony expression or attitude does not show any sympathy or friendliness. □  He drove us home in stony silence.

stood /stʊ d/ Stood is the past tense and past participle of stand .

stooge /stuː dʒ/ (stooges ) N‑COUNT If you refer to someone as a stooge , you are criticizing them because they are used by someone else to do unpleasant or dishonest tasks. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  He has vehemently rejected claims that he is a government stooge.

stool /stuː l/ (stools )

1 N‑COUNT A stool is a seat with legs but no support for your arms or back. □  O'Brien sat on a bar stool and leaned his elbows on the counter.

2 PHRASE If someone has fallen between two stools , they are unable to decide which of two courses of action to take and as a result they have not done either of them successfully.

3 N‑COUNT [usu pl] Stools are the pieces of solid waste matter that are passed out of a person's body through their bowels. [mainly MEDICAL ]

stoop /stuː p/ (stoops , stooping , stooped )

1 VERB If you stoop , you stand or walk with your shoulders bent forwards. □ [V ] She was taller than he was and stooped slightly. ● N‑SING Stoop is also a noun. □  He was a tall, thin fellow with a slight stoop. ●  stoop|ing ADJ [usu ADJ n] □  …a slender slightly stooping American.

2 VERB If you stoop , you bend your body forwards and downwards. □ [V ] He stooped to pick up the carrier bag of groceries. □ [V + over ] Two men in shirt sleeves stooped over the car. □ [V down/over ] Stooping down, he picked up a big stone and hurled it.

3 VERB If you say that a person stoops to doing something, you are criticizing them because they do something wrong or immoral that they would not normally do. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [V + to ] He had not, until recently, stooped to personal abuse. □ [V adj] How could anyone stoop so low?

4 N‑COUNT A stoop is a small platform at the door of a building, with steps leading up to it. [AM ] □  They stood together on the stoop and rang the bell.

stop ◆◆◆ /stɒ p/ (stops , stopping , stopped )

1 VERB If you have been doing something and then you stop doing it, you no longer do it. □ [V v-ing] He can't stop thinking about it. □ [V v-ing] I've been told to lose weight and stop smoking. □ [V v-ing] I stopped working last year to have a baby. □ [V n] Does either of the parties want to stop the fighting? □ [V ] She stopped in mid-sentence.

2 VERB If you stop something happening, you prevent it from happening or prevent it from continuing. □ [V n] He proposed a new diplomatic initiative to try to stop the war. □ [be V -ed] If the fire isn't stopped, it could spread to 25,000 acres. □ [V n v-ing] I think she really would have liked to stop us seeing each other. □ [V n + from ] Motherhood won't stop me from pursuing my acting career.