bone

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The bones of the human hand and forearm.

noun

The definition of a bone is a part of a skeleton.
An example of a bone is a rib.

verb

Bone means to study fast and hard, or to remove part of the skeleton.
1. An example of bone is to cram for a test.
2. An example of bone is to remove the ribs from a chicken breast.

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bone

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
[pl.] the skeleton
[pl.] 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. [pl.]Informal dice
1. [pl.] flat sticks used as clappers in minstrel shows
2. [pl., with sing. v.] an end man in a minstrel show
bone white

Origin of bone

Middle English bon from Old English ban, bone, especially of a limb, akin to German bein, a leg; only Germanic

transitive verb

boned, bon′ing

to remove the bones from
to put whalebone or other stiffening into
to fertilize with bone meal

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

extremely; exceedingly: bone tired

bone Idioms

feel in one's bones

to have an intuition or presentiment

have a bone to pick

Informal to have something to quarrel or complain about

make no bones about

Informal

to make no attempt to hide; admit freely
to have no objection to or qualms about

throw someone a bone

Informal to reward someone in a meager and patronizing way

Origin of bone

in allusion to the practice of rewarding a dog with a bone

to the bone

to the core; thoroughly and essentially: she's a conservative to the bone

work one's fingers to the bone

to work very hard

Bône

Annaba

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bone

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: These old bones don't do much dancing anymore.
c. Mortal remains: His bones are buried up on the hill.
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.
Vulgar Slang The penis.

verb

boned, bon·ing, bones

verb

transitive

To remove the bones from: bone a fish.
To stiffen (a piece of clothing) with stays, as of whalebone.
Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with. Used especially of a man.

verb

intransitive

Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse.

Phrasal Verbs: bone up Informal To study, often in preparation for an anticipated event: boned up for the final exam.

Origin of bone

Middle English bon from Old English bān

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The hard, dense, calcified tissue that forms the skeleton of most vertebrates, consisting of a matrix made up of collagen fibers and mineral salts. There are two main types of bone structure: compact, which is solid and hard, and cancellous, which is spongy in appearance. Bone serves as a framework for the attachment of muscles and protects vital organs, such as the brain, heart, and lungs.
See more at osteoblast
Any of the structures made of bone that constitute a skeleton, such as the femur. The human skeleton consists of 206 bones.

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Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural bones)

(uncountable) A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
(countable) Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone.
A bone of a fish; a fishbone
One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.
An off-white colour, like the colour of bone.
(US, informal) A dollar.
(slang) An erect penis; a boner.
(slang) Dominoes or dice.
(slang) shortened form of trombone

Adjective

(not comparable)

Of an off-white colour, like the colour of bone.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present bones, present participle boning, simple past and past participle boned)

To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.
To fertilize with bone.
To put whalebone into.
to bone stays
(civil engineering) To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line.
boning rod
(vulgar, slang, of a man) To have sexual intercourse with.
So, did you bone her?
(Australia, dated, in Aboriginal culture) To perform "bone pointing", a ritual that is intended to bring illness or even death to the victim.
(usually with "up") To study.
bone up
To polish boots to a shiny finish.

Origin

From Middle English bon, from Old English bān (“bone, tusk; the bone of a limb”), from Proto-Germanic *bainą (“bone”), from Proto-Germanic *bainaz (“straight”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhey- (“to hit, strike, beat”). Cognate with Scots bane, been, bean, bein, bain (“bone”), North Frisian bien (“bone”), West Frisian bien (“bone”), Dutch been (“bone; leg”), German Low German Been, Bein (“bone”), German Bein (“leg”), German Gebein (“bones”), Swedish ben (“bone; leg”), Icelandic bein (“bone”), Breton benañ (“to cut, hew”), Latin perfinēs (“break through, break into pieces, shatter”), Avestan byente (“they fight, hit”). Related also to Old Norse beinn (“straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen”) (from whence Middle English bain, bayne, bayn, beyn (“direct, prompt”), Scots bein, bien (“in good condition, pleasant, well-to-do, cosy, well-stocked, pleasant, keen”)), Icelandic beinn (“straight, direct, hospitable”), Norwegian bein (“straight, direct, easy to deal with”). See bain, bein.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present bones, present participle boning, simple past and past participle boned)

(slang) To apprehend, steal.

Origin

Origin unknown; probably related in some way to Etymology 1, above.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present bones, present participle boning, simple past and past participle boned)

(carpentry, masonry, surveying) To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level or in line.

Anagrams

ebon

Origin

French bornoyer to look at with one eye, to sight, from borgne one-eyed.

See also: boné

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bone - Medical Definition

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.
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.
A piece of bone.

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