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bone

/ bone /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a shade of white the color of bleached bones
Type of:
white whiteness
noun Sense 2
rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
Type of:
connective tissue
Kinds of:
furcula splint bone pastern fetter bone cannon bone
Has parts:
endoskeleton horn
noun Sense 3
the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
Type of:
animal material
Has parts:
os
Derived:
debone
verb Sense 4
remove the bones from
"bone the turkey before roasting it"
Type of:
remove take take away
Derived:
osseous tissue
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
animal animate being beast
adjective satellite Sense 5
consisting of or made up of bone
"a bony substance"
"the bony framework of the body"
Similar:
bony boney
verb Sense 6
study intensively, as before an exam
"I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
Type of:
study hit the books
Derived:
swot grind nerd wonk dweeb
Verb group:
cram
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
63%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
2
Total Relationships
27
Times Searched
3
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white whiteness connective tissue furcula splint bone pastern fetter bone cannon bone animal material remove take take away