Definitions for bone
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. bone, osnoun

   rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

2. bone, osseous tissuenoun

   the porous calcified substance from which bones are made

3. bone, ivory, pearl, off-whiteadjective

   a shade of white the color of bleached bones

4. boneverb

   consisting of or made up of bone

   "a bony substance"; "the bony framework of the body"

5. cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, boneverb

   study intensively, as before an exam

   "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"

6. bone, deboneverb

   remove the bones from

   "bone the turkey before roasting it"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BONEnoun

   1.The solid parts of the body of an animal are made up of hard fibres, tied one to another by small transverse fibres, as those of the muscles. In a fœtus they are porous, soft, and easily discerned. As their pores fill with a substance of their own nature, so they increase, harden, and grow close to one another. They are all spongy, and full of little cells, or are of a considerable firm thickness, with a large cavity, except the teeth; and where they are articulated, they are covered with a thin and strong membrane, called the periosteum. Each bone is much bigger at its extremity than in the middle, that the articulations might be firm, and the bones not easily put out of joint. But, because the middle of the bone should be strong, to sustain its alloted weight, and resist accidents, the fibres are there more closely compacted together, supporting one another; and the bone is made hollow, and consequently not so easily broken, as it must have been, had it been solid and smaller. John Quincy

   Etymology: ban , Saxon.

   Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold. Macbeth.

   There was lately a young gentleman bit to the bone. Tatler.

   2. A fragment of meat; a bone with as much flesh as adheres to it.

   Like Æsop’s hounds, contending for the bone,
   Each pleaded right, and would be lord alone. Dryden.

   3. To be upon the bones. To attack.

   Puss had a month’s mind to be upon the bones of him, but was not willing to pick a quarrel. Roger L'Estrange.

   4. To make no bones. To make no scruple; a metaphor taken from a dog, who readily swallows meat that has no bones.5. Bones. A sort of bobbins, made of trotter bones, for weaving bonelace.6. Bones. Dice.

   But then my study was to cog the dice,
   And dext’rously to throw the lucky sice:
   To shun ames ace that swept my stakes away;
   And watch the box, for fear they should convey
   False bones, and put upon me in the play. John Dryden, Pers.

2. To Boneverb

   To take out the bones from the flesh.

   Etymology: from the noun.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bone

   A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the vertebrate skeleton in animals. Bones protect the various organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells, store minerals, provide structure and support for the body, and enable mobility. Bones come in a variety of shapes and sizes and have a complex internal and external structure. They are lightweight yet strong and hard, and serve multiple functions. Bone tissue (osseous tissue) is a hard tissue, a type of dense connective tissue. It has a honeycomb-like matrix internally, which helps to give the bone rigidity. Bone tissue is made up of different types of bone cells. Osteoblasts and osteocytes are involved in the formation and mineralization of bone; osteoclasts are involved in the resorption of bone tissue. Modified (flattened) osteoblasts become the lining cells that form a protective layer on the bone surface. The mineralised matrix of bone tissue has an organic component of mainly collagen called ossein and an inorganic component of bone mineral made up of various salts. Bone tissue is a mineralized tissue of two types, cortical bone and cancellous bone. Other types of tissue found in bones include bone marrow, endosteum, periosteum, nerves, blood vessels and cartilage. In the human body at birth, there are approximately 270 bones present; many of these fuse together during development, leaving a total of 212 separate bones in the adult, not counting numerous small sesamoid bones. The largest bone in the body is the femur or thigh-bone, and the smallest is the stapes in the middle ear. The Greek word for bone is ὀστέον ("osteon"), hence the many terms that use it as a prefix—such as osteopathy.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bone

   A bone is a rigid piece of connective tissue that makes up part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals. It provides structure, supports and protects the body's various organs, produces red and white blood cells, and stores minerals. Bones are lightweight yet strong and hard, potentially healing themselves when broken. Some bones also facilitate movement by serving as points of attachment for muscles.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bonenoun

   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. Bonenoun

   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. Bonenoun

   anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace

4. Bonenoun

   two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers and struck together to make a kind of music

5. Bonenoun

   dice

6. Bonenoun

   whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a corset

7. Bonenoun

   fig.: The framework of anything

8. Boneverb

   to withdraw bones from the flesh of, as in cookery

9. Boneverb

   to put whalebone into; as, to bone stays

10. Boneverb

    to fertilize with bone

11. Boneverb

    to steal; to take possession of

12. Boneverb

    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

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bone

   Bones are rigid organs that constitute part of the endoskeleton of vertebrates. They support and protect the various organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells and store minerals. Bone tissue is a type of dense connective tissue. Bones come in a variety of shapes and have a complex internal and external structure, are lightweight yet strong and hard, and serve multiple functions. One of the types of tissue that makes up bone is the mineralized osseous tissue, also called bone tissue, that gives it rigidity and a coral-like three-dimensional internal structure. Other types of tissue found in bones include marrow, endosteum, periosteum, nerves, blood vessels and cartilage. At birth, there are over 270 bones in an infant human's body, but many of these fuse together as the child grows, leaving a total of 206 separate bones in an adult. The largest bone in the human body is the femur and the smallest bones are auditory ossicles.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bone

   bōn, n. a hard substance forming the skeleton of mammalian animals: a piece of the skeleton of an animal: (pl.) the bones collectively: mortal remains: pieces of bone held between the fingers of the hand and rattled together to keep time to music: dice, as made of bone, ivory, &c.—v.t. to take the bones out of, as meat: to seize, to steal.—ns. Bone′-ache (Shak.), aching or pain in the bones; Bone′-ash, Bone′-earth, the remains when bones are burnt in an open furnace; Bone′-black, the remains when bones are heated in a close vessel.—adj. Boned—used in composition, as high-boned: having bones: having the bones removed.—ns. Bone′-dust, ground or pulverised bones, used in agriculture; Bone′-lace, lace woven with bobbins, which were frequently made of bone.—adj. Bone′less, wanting bones.—ns. Bone′-set′ter, one who treats broken bones without being a duly qualified surgeon; Bone′-shāk′er, a name familiarly given to the earlier forms of bicycle before india-rubber tires; Bone′-spav′in, a bony excrescence or hard swelling on the inside of the hock of a horse.—adj. Bon′y, full of, or consisting of, bones.—A bone of contention, something that causes strife; A bone to pick, something to occupy one, a difficulty, a grievance, controversy, dispute.—To make no bones of, to have no scruples in regard to something; To the bone, to the inmost part. [A.S. bán, Ger. bein.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bone

   A fortified seaport town of Algeria, 85 miles northwest of Constantine; it is surrounded by a wall with square turrets which has four gates. Fort Cigogne is its chief defense; the French occupied this place in July, 1830.

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bonenoun

   Penis. "You can act like a doggy, and play with my bone" -- Schoolly D (Another poem).

2. bonenoun

   One dollar.

3. bonenoun

   Core, soul. "I'm a rock hard trooper to the bone" -- Public Enemy (Louder Than A Bomb)

4. bonenoun

   A joint. "Smokin' bones in the staircase" -- Wu Tang Clan (C.R.E.A.M.).

5. bonenoun

   A club,bat,pipe or other blunt bangin' implement - oklahoma slang

6. bonenoun

   Shit,Crap A dollar

7. boneverb

   To have sexual intercourse. "Your aim is to bone" -- A Tribe Called Quest (The Infamous Date Rape).

8. boneverb

   To bone out, as in leaving. "They all got in the car and boned out" -- Smokey (Friday).

9. boneverb

   To be hard, have an erection. "five minutes alone i'm already on the bone" -- [method man] (your all I need)

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bone

   A form of matter.

   Animals and human beings have a variety of bone in their body.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on December 26, 2020  

2. ---

   bone

   A type of matter that forms a structure and connects throughout the body of a human or animal.

   Bones are throughout the human body.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 25, 2020  

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BONE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bone is ranked #3350 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Bone surname appeared 10,692 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Bone.
   
   83.8% or 8,962 total occurrences were White.
   8.5% or 913 total occurrences were Black.
   4.2% or 453 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.6% or 177 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1% or 110 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.7% or 76 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bone' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3995

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bone' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3398

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bone' in Nouns Frequency: #980

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Anagrams for bone »

1. ebon

2. beno

How to pronounce bone?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say bone in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bone in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bone in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of bone in a Sentence

1. Steven Keating:

   When you break your arm, and you go to the doctor, they’ll show you the X-ray. They’ll say ‘There’s the break, here’s what happened.’ What if we’re talking about something much more complex? What’s the best way to view the MRI could come to you and bring you a 3-D print of your brain or of your broken bone, and show you ‘Here is what we’re doing,’.

2. Gail Demmler:

   CMV can affect the liver the spleen the bone marrow, lungs, heart, but the most devastating thing it can do is damage the brain, it causes brain damage, vision impairment, hearing loss … but it can affect any organ system.

3. Jamie McGoldrick:

   You've got 1,700 people who are in need of serious, complicated surgeries for them to be able to walk again, these are people who have been shot during the demonstrations and who are in need of rehabilitation, and very, very serious and complex bone reconstruction surgery over a two year period before they start to rehabilitate themselves.

4. Patricio Gargollo:

   The easiest way to picture it is like an open book; the bladder is the pages. To close that book up so you don’t see the pages, you sew it back together and put all the muscle and skin on top of that. The backbone of the book is the pelvic bone.

5. Maureen Nemetski:

   I drilled a hole into her shin bone and placed an intraosseous line -- a bone catheter -- so that we could inject platelets and medications into her blood through her bone marrow. I can not imagine her parents' horror on hearing the crack of the drill bit into their baby's leg, we took turns pounding on this baby's chest and trying to pump air into lungs that had filled with blood.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bone
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=bone
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bone
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=bone
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=bone
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=bone