CAST THE FIRST STONE

Meaning of CAST THE FIRST STONE in English

v. phr. , literary To be the first to blame someone, lead accusers against a wrongdoer. Jesus said that a person who was without sin could cast the first stone. Although Ben saw the girl cheating, he did not want to cast the first stone.

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CAST THE FIRST STONE — {v. phr.}, {literary} To be the first to blame someone, lead accusers against a wrongdoer. * /Jesus said that a …
Slang English vocab
CAST THE FIRST STONE — {v. phr.}, {literary} To be the first to blame someone, lead accusers against a wrongdoer. * /Jesus said that a …
Словарь английских идиом
STONE — I In building construction, rock cut into blocks and slabs or broken into pieces. It comes as hard as granite …
Английский словарь Британика
STONE — I. ˈstōn noun ( -s ; see sense 3 ) Etymology: Middle English stan, ston, stoon, from Old English stān; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIRST — I. ˈfərst, ˈfə̄st, ˈfəist adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fyrst; akin to Old High German & Old Saxon …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAST — I. ˈkast, -aa(ə)-, -ai-, -ȧ- verb ( cast ; cast ; casting ; casts ) Etymology: Middle English casten, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STONE — — stonable, stoneable , adj. — stoneless , adj. — stonelessness , n. — stonelike , adj. — stoner , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIRST — — firstness , adj. /ferrst/ , adj. 1. being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAST — — castable , adj. — castability , n. /kast, kahst/ , v. , cast, casting , n. , adj. v.t. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STONE — I. ˈstōn noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English stān; akin to Old High German stein stone, Old Church Slavic …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIRST — I. ˈfərst adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fyrst; akin to Old High German furist first, Old English faran …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CAST — I. ˈkast verb ( cast ; cast·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse kasta; akin to Old Norse kǫs …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
STONE — [stone] n (bef. 12c) 1: a concretion of earthy or mineral matter: a (1): such a concretion of indeterminate size …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FIRST — [first] adj [ME, fr. OE fyrst; akin to OHG furist first, OE faran to go--more at fare] (bef. 12c): preceding …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CAST — [cast] vb cast ; cast.ing [ME, fr. ON kasta; akin to ON kos heap] vt (13c) 1 a: to cause …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FIRST — first BrE AmE fɜːst AmE fɝːst ▷ firsts fɜːsts AmE fɝːsts ▶ ˌ first ˈ aid BrE AmE ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
STONE — / stəʊn; NAmE stoʊn/ noun , verb ■ noun HARD SUBSTANCE 1. [ U ] (often used before nouns or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIRST — / fɜːst; NAmE fɜːrst/ determiner , ordinal number , adverb , noun ■ determiner , ordinal number 1. happening or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAST — / kɑːst; NAmE kæst/ verb , noun ■ verb ( cast , cast ) A LOOK / GLANCE / SMILE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STONE — I. stone 1 S2 W1 /stəʊn $ stoʊn/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ stoned , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FIRST — I. first 1 S1 W1 /fɜːst $ fɜːrst/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: fyrst ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STONE — n. & v. --n. 1 a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIRST — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 a earliest in time or order. b coming next after a specified or implied …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CAST — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. cast) 1 tr. throw, esp. deliberately or forcefully. 2 tr. (often foll. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STONE — n. & v. n. 1 a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIRST — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a earliest in time or order. b coming next after a specified or implied …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CAST — v. & n. v. (past and past part. cast) 1 tr. throw, esp. deliberately or forcefully. 2 tr. (often foll. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STONE — n. & v. --n. 1. a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Oxford English vocab
FIRST — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. a earliest in time or order. b coming next after a specified or implied …
Oxford English vocab
CAST — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. cast) 1. tr. throw, esp. deliberately or forcefully. 2 tr. (often foll. …
Oxford English vocab
STONE — ( stones, stoning, stoned) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The plural …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIRST — ( firsts) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The first thing, person, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAST — ( casts, casting) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The form 'cast' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIRST — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The ~ thing, person, event, …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
STONE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a brick/stone/wooden building ▪ The farmhouse is a long stone building about a century …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIRST — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a first offence ▪ Because it was a first offence, she was not sent …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAST — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be cast in a mould (= be very like something ) ▪ He didn't …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIRST — [adjective], [adverb] [not gradable], [noun], [pronoun] - (a person or thing) coming before all others in order, time, amount, quality …
Cambridge English vocab
STONE — n. bird stone Black Stone of Mecca kidney stone Middle Stone Age New Stone Age Old Stone Age Rosetta Stone …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STONE — n. In building construction, rock cut into blocks and slabs or broken into pieces. It comes as hard as granite …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STONE — Synonyms and related words : Irish confetti, Lydian stone, Tarmac, Tarvia, aa, abyssal rock, acorn, adamant, adamantine, adobe, agate, alexandrite, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIRST — Synonyms and related words : ab initio, ab ovo, aborigine, ahead, alpha, antecedent, anterior, anticipatory, arch, at first, at the …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STONE — I. noun 1 hard solid substance ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ hard ▪ rough , smooth ▪ weathered ▪ carved ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FIRST — See ↑ BEFORE 1, ↑ FIRST 1,1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a first • ↑ at first/initially • ↑ be first/come …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Longman Activator English vocab
FIRST — n. 25B6; adjective the first chapter : EARLIEST, initial, opening, introductory. first principles : FUNDAMENTAL, basic, rudimentary, primary; key, cardinal, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAST — n. 25B6; verb he cast the stone into the stream : THROW, toss, fling, pitch, hurl, lob; informal chuck, sling, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAST — n. 1 throw, toss, pitch, shy, lob, thrust, chuck In his next cast, the bowler lightly struck the jack 2 …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FIRST — adverb BAD : At first, I would like to introduce myself. GOOD : First of all, I would like to …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
STONE — 1. сущ. 1) а) камень, булыжник; драгоценный камень to hurl, throw a stone ≈ бросить камень foundation stone paving stone …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FIRST — 1. числ. поряд. первый а) первый по счету; следующий раньше всех по порядку б) занимающий ведущее положение, главный, лучший first …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STONE — stone.ogg 1. stəʋn n 1. 1> камень meteoric stone - аэролит, каменный метеорит a road covered with stones - дорога, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FIRST — 1. fɜ:st n 1. (the first) первое (число) on the first of May - первого мая 2. первый (человек) ( …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STONE — 1) камень || облицовывать камнем; выстилать камнем 2) оселок; абразивный брусок || править [доводить] на оселке 3) "камень" ( дефект …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
CAST — 1) разливка; отливка; литьё; заливка || разливать; отливать || литой, отлитый 2) отливка; литьё ( изделие ) 3) продукт одной …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
STONE — 1) камень || облицовывать камнем; выстилать камнем 2) оселок; абразивный брусок || править [доводить] на оселке 3) "камень" (дефект стекла) 4) жернов, жерновой …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
CAST — 1) разливка; отливка; литьё; заливка || разливать; отливать || литой, отлитый 2) отливка; литьё (изделие) 3) продукт одной плавки 4) укладка витков проволоки …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
STONE — 1) бутовой 2) жерновой камень 3) каменный 4) каменосечный 5) камень 6) камне 7) косточка 8) полевой 9) стоуновский • bronek stone ballasting — балластировка щебнем cut stone to size — …
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