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Detailed Synonyms for bone in English

bone:

bone [the ~] nom

  1. the bone
    the bone
  2. the bone
    the limb; the bone; the leg
  3. the bone
    the knuckle; the bone; the leg
  4. the bone
    the bone marrow; the marrow; the bone
  5. the bone
    – a shade of white the color of bleached bones 1
    the bone; the pearl; the ivory; the off-white
    – a shade of white the color of bleached bones 1
  6. the bone
    – rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates 1
    the bone; the os
    – rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates 1
    • bone [the ~] nom
    • os [the ~] nom
  7. the bone
    – the porous calcified substance from which bones are made 1
    the bone; the osseous tissue
    – the porous calcified substance from which bones are made 1

to bone verbe (bones, boned, boning)

  1. to bone
    to poach; to flay; to skin; to bone
    • poach verbe (poaches, poached, poaching)
    • flay verbe (flays, flayed, flaying)
    • skin verbe (skins, skinned, skinning)
    • bone verbe (bones, boned, boning)
  2. to bone
    – remove the bones from 1
    to bone; debone
    – remove the bones from 1
    • bone verbe (bones, boned, boning)
      • bone the turkey before roasting it1
    • debone verbe
  3. to bone
    – study intensively, as before an exam 1
    to bone; to drum; to cram; to swot; to grind away; swot up; get up; mug up; bone up
    – study intensively, as before an exam 1
    • bone verbe (bones, boned, boning)
    • drum verbe (drums, drummed, drumming)
    • cram verbe (crams, crammed, cramming)
    • swot verbe (swots, swotted, swotting)
    • grind away verbe (grinds away, ground away, grinding away)
    • swot up verbe
    • get up verbe
    • mug up verbe
    • bone up verbe
      • I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam1

Conjugations for bone:

present
  1. bone
  2. bone
  3. bones
  4. bone
  5. bone
  6. bone
simple past
  1. boned
  2. boned
  3. boned
  4. boned
  5. boned
  6. boned
present perfect
  1. have boned
  2. have boned
  3. has boned
  4. have boned
  5. have boned
  6. have boned
past continuous
  1. was boning
  2. were boning
  3. was boning
  4. were boning
  5. were boning
  6. were boning
future
  1. shall bone
  2. will bone
  3. will bone
  4. shall bone
  5. will bone
  6. will bone
continuous present
  1. am boning
  2. are boning
  3. is boning
  4. are boning
  5. are boning
  6. are boning
subjunctive
  1. be boned
  2. be boned
  3. be boned
  4. be boned
  5. be boned
  6. be boned
diverse
  1. bone!
  2. let's bone!
  3. boned
  4. boning
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

bone adj

  1. bone
    – consisting of or made up of bone 1
    bone
    – consisting of or made up of bone 1

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Related Definitions for "bone":

  1. consisting of or made up of bone1
  2. a shade of white the color of bleached bones1
  3. rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates1
  4. the porous calcified substance from which bones are made1
  5. remove the bones from1
    • bone the turkey before roasting it1
  6. study intensively, as before an exam1

Related Synonyms for bone