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| bone [ bōn ] |
noun (plural bones) |
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1. section of skeleton: one of the hard parts forming the skeleton in vertebrate animals
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2. material making up bones: the main material that forms a vertebrate skeleton, principally collagen fiber and calcium phosphate
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3. substance resembling bone: something hard that resembles the bone of a vertebrate skeleton, e.g. whalebone or ivory
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4. something given as substitute: something intended solely to soothe or placate somebody
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slang
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  The press secretary tossed a small bone to the press as they clamored for information.
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5. colors ivory color: the ivory or off-white color of bone
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6. dress strip used as stiffening: a flat strip of hard material such as whalebone or plastic used to stiffen a garment
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plural noun bones |
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1. dead body: the skeleton or corpse of a dead person or animal
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2. structure: the structure or framework of something
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3. living body: somebody's living body
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humorous
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I must rest my weary bones.
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4. music pair of rhythmically clacking bars: a pair of bars or strips of wood, metal, or bone that are struck together sharply to make musical rhythms
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5. gambling dice: a pair of dice
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slang
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transitive verb (past and past participle boned, present participle bon·ing, 3rd person present singular bones) |
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1. cooking remove bones from food: to remove the bones from fish, meat, or poultry when preparing it for cooking or eating
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2. dress stiffen garment: to add flat strips to stiffen a garment
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3. offensive term: an offensive term meaning to have sexual intercourse with somebody
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slang
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adverb |
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very: extremely or totally
He's bone idle!
I am bone tired.
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| [ Old English bān< Germanic, "long bone"] |
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feel or know it in your bones to be sure that something is true without having any proof or being able to explain why
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have a bone to pick with somebody to have cause for disagreement with somebody
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make no bones about something to say something openly and frankly
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make your bones to become initiated into an organized crime family by participating in a murder or committing a murder (slang)
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