bone

noun

UK /bəʊn/

Word Forms

singular	bone
plural	bones

1
countable one of the hard parts that form a frame inside the body of a human or animal. This frame is called a skeleton
She fell and broke a bone in her foot.
Cook the fish, then carefully remove the bones.
He was thin, and his hip bones stuck out.
Synonyms and related words
Bones and joints in the body
ankle
backbone
ball-and-socket joint
2
uncountable the substance that bones are made of
The archaeologists found fragments of bone.
Synonyms and related words
Bones and joints in the body
ankle
backbone
ball-and-socket joint
1. 2a
  only before nounmade of bone
  a chess set with carved bone pieces
  Synonyms and related words
  Made of or similar to a specific substance
  acrylic
  alabaster
  be built of something
3
someone will not make old bones
used for saying someone will not live into old age
His fans have known since his 2007 Alzheimer’s diagnosis that Pratchett would not make old bones, but his death is still a shock.
Submitted from:
United Kingdom on 13/03/2015
Open Dictionary - March2015
4
put some meat/flesh on the bones
to add details to something
Where will this cash go ? Let ’s put some flesh on the bones.
Why is the administration seemingly afraid to put some meat on the bones of this plan?
Submitted from:
United Kingdom on 20/07/2018
Open Dictionary - July2018

phrases

a bone of contention

chilled/frozen to the bone

close to the bone

cut/trim/pare something to the bone

feel/know something in your bones

have a bone to pick with someone

make no bones about something

not have a bad/jealous etc bone in your body

on/off the bone

pick over the bones of something

bone

noun

US /boʊn/

Word Forms

singular	bone
plural	bones

1
countable one of the hard parts that form a frame inside the body of a human or animal. This frame is called a skeleton
She fell and broke a bone in her foot.
Cook the fish, then carefully remove the bones.
He was thin, and his hip bones stuck out.
Synonyms and related words
Bones and joints in the body
ankle
backbone
ball-and-socket joint
2
uncountable the substance that bones are made of
The archaeologists found fragments of bone.
Synonyms and related words
Bones and joints in the body
ankle
backbone
ball-and-socket joint
1. 2a
  only before nounmade of bone
  a chess set with carved bone pieces
  Synonyms and related words
  Made of or similar to a specific substance
  acrylic
  alabaster
  be built of something
3
someone will not make old bones
used for saying someone will not live into old age
His fans have known since his 2007 Alzheimer’s diagnosis that Pratchett would not make old bones, but his death is still a shock.
Submitted from:
United Kingdom on 13/03/2015
Open Dictionary - March2015
4
put some meat/flesh on the bones
to add details to something
Where will this cash go ? Let ’s put some flesh on the bones.
Why is the administration seemingly afraid to put some meat on the bones of this plan?
Submitted from:
United Kingdom on 20/07/2018
Open Dictionary - July2018

phrases

a bone of contention

chilled/frozen to the bone

close to the bone

cut/trim/pare something to the bone

feel/know something in your bones

have a bone to pick with someone

make no bones about something

not have a bad/jealous etc. bone in your body

bone

verb transitive

UK /bəʊn/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	bone
he/she/it	bones
present participle	boning
past tense	boned
past participle	boned

1
to remove the bones from meat or fish before cooking it
The chef boned the fish before grilling it.
boned chicken
Synonyms and related words
Prepare food for cooking or eating
bake
beat
blanch
2
to have sex (with)
If I were like, Hey, I just wanna bone, very few people would want to meet up with you.
I have only boned two chicks since my ex and I broke up.
Submitted from:
United Kingdom on 04/12/2015
Open Dictionary - December2015

phrasal verbs

bone up

bone

verb transitive

US /boʊn/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	bone
he/she/it	bones
present participle	boning
past tense	boned
past participle	boned

1
to remove the bones from meat or fish before cooking it
The chef boned the fish before grilling it.
boned chicken
Synonyms and related words
Prepare food for cooking or eating
bake
beat
blanch
2
to have sex (with)
If I were like, Hey, I just wanna bone, very few people would want to meet up with you.
I have only boned two chicks since my ex and I broke up.
Submitted from:
United Kingdom on 04/12/2015
Open Dictionary - December2015

phrasal verbs

bone up

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someone will not make old bones

put some meat/flesh on the bones

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someone will not make old bones

put some meat/flesh on the bones

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