Meaning of bone | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
2. A city in eastern Algeria, now known as Annaba.
   historical
3. Clipping of trombone.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
4. A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
   uncountable
5. An unincorporated community in Bonneville County, Idaho, United States, named after Orion Jost Bone.
   countable, uncountable
6. Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse.
   Vulgar Slang
7. Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of this material.
   countable
8. stone, pit (the central part of some fruits, consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer (like those of peach, olive, avocado or mango))
9. Informal To study, often in preparation for an anticipated event: boned up for the final exam.
   Informal
10. A bone of a fish; a fishbone.
    countable, uncountable
11. political position (appointed or elected)
12. The subject of a dispute.
13. A bonefish.
    countable, uncountable
14. strict person
15. Grounds for a complaint or dispute.
16. One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.
    countable, uncountable
17. In one's innermost feelings: knew in my bones that I was wrong.
18. One of the fragments of bone held between the fingers of the hand and rattled together to keep time to music.
    countable, uncountable
19. To an extreme degree: was chilled to the bone; cut the budget to the bone.
20. Anything made of bone, such as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
    countable, uncountable
21. former name of Annaba.
22. The framework of anything.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
23. Informal. To study or work hard, especially when pressed for time.Also used with up:Informal: cram, grind.
24. An off-white colour, like the typical colour of bone.
    countable, uncountable
25. to take the bones out of (fish etc). ontbeen, ontgraat ييَنْزَعُ العَظْمَ أو الحَسَك отделям (месо) от кокалите tirar a espinha vykostit die Knochen/Gräten herausnehmen ben βγάζω τα κόκαλα, ξεκοκαλίζωdeshuesar luid välja võtma استخوان گوشت را درآوردن ruotia désosser לְהוֹצִיא עֲצָמוֹת हड्डी निकालना izvaditi kosti kicsontoz membuang tulang úrbeina disossare; togliere le spine 骨を抜く 뼈를 발라내다 išimti kaulus izņemt kaulus / asakas mengeluarkan tulang uitbenen, ontgratenta bein ut av, renske for bein...
    etc
26. A dollar.
    US, countable, in-plural, informal, uncountable
27. china in whose manufacture the ashes of burnt bones are used. been porselein خَزَفٌ عَظْمي порцелан, в състава на който има изгорели кости porcelana com ossos kostní porcelán feines Porzellan benporcelæn μαλακή πορσελάνη porcelana kondiportselan نوعی ظرف چینی luuposliini porcelaine סוּג חַרסִינָה बरतन के निर्माण में उपयोग होने वाला एक पदार्थ koštani pepeo kínai porcelán porselen postulín porcellana 骨灰磁器 골회(骨灰) 자기 kaulinis porcelianas sejenis tembikar porseleinbeinporselen delikatna porcelana ...
28. The wishbone formation.
    countable, informal, uncountable
29. An erect penis; a boner.
    countable, slang, uncountable
30. A domino or die.
    countable, in-plural, slang, uncountable
31. A cannabis cigarette; a joint.
    countable, slang, uncountable
32. A reward.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.”

“No Trophee, Sword, nor Hatchment o're his bones.”

“The reason I rarely fish for Mag Bay bones with a 5-weight or 6-weight is the number of fish that can turn light stuff inside out.”

“Speakin' on the phone, for hours on end / On the bone from just listenin', and then:”

“Let's head to the casino and roll them bones!”

“The Accountant had brought out already a box of dominoes, and was toying architecturally with the bones.”

“In between sets I took her outside, sat against a fence near the dumpster, and smoked a bone with her.”

“When I'm a good dog they sometimes throw me a bone in”

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