bone

The definition of a bone is a part of a skeleton.

(noun)

An example of a bone is a rib.

Bone means to study fast and hard, or to remove part of the skeleton.

(verb)

See bone in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

any of the separate parts of the hard connective tissue forming the skeleton of most full-grown vertebrate animals
this tissue, composed essentially of living cells embedded in hard calcium compounds
the skeleton
the body, living or dead
a bonelike substance or part, as whalebone
a thing made of bone or of bonelike material; specif.,
1. a corset stay
2. Informal dice
1. flat sticks used as clappers in minstrel shows
2. ☆ an end man in a minstrel show
bone white

Origin: ME bon < OE ban, bone, esp. of a limb, akin to Ger bein, a leg; only Gmc

transitive verb boned, boning

intransitive verb

☆ to study hard and hurriedly, as in preparation for an examination; cram: usually with up

See bone in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. The dense, semirigid, porous, calcified connective tissue forming the major portion of the skeleton of most vertebrates. It consists of a dense organic matrix and an inorganic, mineral component.
b. Any of numerous anatomically distinct structures making up the skeleton of a vertebrate animal. There are more than 200 different bones in the human body.
c. A piece of bone.
bones
a. The skeleton.
b. The body.
c. Mortal remains.
An animal structure or material, such as ivory, resembling bone.
Something made of bone or of material resembling bone, especially:
a. A piece of whalebone or similar material used as a corset stay.
b. bones Informal Dice.
bones The fundamental plan or design, as of the plot of a book.
a. bones Flat clappers made of bone or wood originally used by the end man in a minstrel show.
b. Bones (used with a sing. verb) The end man in a minstrel show.