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Definition of 'bone'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) bone
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.

2.  bone
the hard connective tissue forming these structures, composed of cells enclosed in a calcified matrix.

3.  bone
such a structure from an edible animal, usu. with meat adhering to it, as an article of food:
a ham bone.

4.  bone
any of various similarly hard or structural animal substances, as ivory or whalebone.

5.  bone
something resembling such a substance.

6.  bone
bones,

7.  bone
the skeleton.

8.  bone
a body:
to rest one's weary bones.

9.  bone
dice.

10.  bone
a simple rhythm instrument consisting of two bars of bone, ivory, or wood, held between the fingers and clacked together.

11.  bone
the color of bone; ivory or off-white.

12.  bone
a flat strip of whalebone or other material for stiffening corsets, petticoats, etc.; stay.

13. (v.t.) bone
to remove the bones from:
to bone a turkey.

14.  bone
to put whalebone or another stiffener into (clothing).

15.  bone
Informal. to study intensely; cram:
to bone up for an exam.

16. (adv.) bone
completely; absolutely:
bone tired.

17.  bone
feel in one's bones, to be sure intuitively.

18.  bone
have a bone to pick with someone, to have cause for reproaching someone.

19.  bone
make no bones about,

20.  bone
to act or speak openly and decisively about.

21.  bone
to have no fear of or objection to.

22.  bone
throw a bone, to give a small concession as a sop.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME bo(o)n, OE bān; c. OFris, OS bēn, OHG, ON bein)

Definition of 'bone'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) bone, os
rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

2. (noun) bone, osseous tissue
the porous calcified substance from which bones are made

3. (adj) bone, ivory, pearl, off-white
a shade of white the color of bleached bones

4. (verb) bone
consisting of or made up of bone
"a bony substance"; "the bony framework of the body"

5. (verb) cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone
study intensively, as before an exam
"I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"

6. (verb) bone, debone
remove the bones from
"bone the turkey before roasting it"

Definition of 'bone'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) bone
the hard part of the structure of the body
the hip bone; a broken bone

2. bone
have a bone to pick with
to want to challenge sb about sth they have done
I have a bone to pick with you about that email.

3. bone
make no bones about
to talk about sth openly
She makes no bones about the fact that she's leaving.

Definition of 'bone'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) bone
the hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and bone

2. (noun) bone
one of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony substance. (pl.) The frame or skeleton of the body

3. (noun) bone
anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace

4. (noun) bone
two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers and struck together to make a kind of music

5. (noun) bone
dice

6. (noun) bone
whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a corset

7. (noun) bone
fig.: The framework of anything

8. (verb) bone
to withdraw bones from the flesh of, as in cookery

9. (verb) bone
to put whalebone into; as, to bone stays

10. (verb) bone
to fertilize with bone

11. (verb) bone
to steal; to take possession of

12. (verb) bone
to sight along an object or set of objects, to see if it or they be level or in line, as in carpentry, masonry, and surveying

Translation of 'bone'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the hard substance forming the skeleton of man, animals etc Bone decays far more slowly than flesh.
Afrikaans: been, graat	Arabic: عَظْم	Bulgarian: кост
Brazilian: osso	Czech: kost	German: der Knochen
Danish: knogle	Greek: κόκαλο, οστό (ως υλικό)	Spanish: hueso
Estonian: luu	Farsi: استخوان	Finnish: luu
French: os	Hebrew: עֶצֶם	Hindi: हड्डी
Croatian: kostur	Hungarian: csont	Indonesian: tulang
Icelandic: bein	Italian: osso; lisca, spina	Japanese: 骨
Korean: 뼈	Lithuanian: kaulas	Latvian: kauls; asaka
Malay: tulang	Dutch: been	Norwegian: bein
Polish: kość	Persian: استخوان	Pashto: هډوکی
Portuguese: osso	Romanian: os	Russian: кость
Slovak: kosť	Slovenian: kost	Serbian: kost
Swedish: ben	Thai: กระดูก	Turkish: kemik; kılçık
Taiwanese: 骨質	Ukrainian: кістка	Urdu: ہڈی ، استخوان
Vietnamese: bộ xương	Chinese: 骨质物
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