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1. (adj.) bony
of or like bone.
2. bony
full of bones.
3. bony
having prominent bones; big-boned.
4. bony
skinny; gaunt; emaciated.
Etymology: (1350–1400)
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| Definition of 'bony' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
"emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
2. (adj) osseous, osteal, bony
composed of or containing bone
"osseous tissue"
3. (adj) bony, boney
having bones especially many or prominent bones
"a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist"; "bony fish"
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1. (adjective) bony
very thin
bony shoulders
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1. (adj) bony
consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones
2. (adj) bony
having large or prominent bones
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Sense: like bone
a bony substance.
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 Afrikaans: benerig |
 Arabic: عَظْمِي |
 Bulgarian: кокалест |
 Brazilian: óssea |
 Czech: kostěný |
 German: knochenartige |
 Danish: benet |
 Greek: κοκάλινος, οστέινος |
 Spanish: huesudo |
 Estonian: luune |
 Farsi: استخوان مانند |
 Finnish: luinen |
 French: osseux |
 Hebrew: גַרמִי |
 Hindi: हड्डी जैसी चीज |
 Croatian: koščat |
 Hungarian: csontos |
 Indonesian: seperti tulang, kurus |
 Icelandic: beinkenndur |
 Italian: osseo, ossuto |
 Japanese: 骨のような |
 Korean: 뼈 같은 |
 Lithuanian: kaip kaulas |
 Latvian: kaulains |
 Malay: rangka |
 Dutch: beenachtig |
 Norwegian: beinet, knoklet |
 Polish: kościsty |
 Persian: استخوان مانند |
 Pashto: هډوکی مانند |
 Portuguese: ossudo |
 Romanian: osos |
 Russian: костный |
 Slovak: kostený |
 Slovenian: koščen |
 Serbian: poput kosti |
 Swedish: lik ben |
 Thai: คล้ายกระดูก |
 Turkish: kemik gibi |
 Taiwanese: 像骨的 |
 Ukrainian: костистий |
 Urdu: ہڈی کی مانند |
 Vietnamese: giống xương |
 Chinese: 象骨的 |
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