BONE


Meaning of BONE in English

/ bəʊn; NAmE boʊn/ noun , verb

■ noun

1.

[ C ] any of the hard parts that form the skeleton of the body of a human or an animal :

He survived the accident with no broken bones.

This fish has a lot of bones in it.

2.

[ U ] the hard substance that bones are made of :

knives with bone handles

3.

-boned (in adjectives) having bones of the type mentioned :

fine-boned

IDIOMS

- a bone of contention

- close to the bone

- cut, pare, etc. sth to the bone

- have a bone to pick with sb

- make no bones about (doing) sth

- not have a ... bone in your body

- throw sb a bone

- to the bone

—more at bag noun , bare adjective , feel verb , finger noun , flesh noun , skin noun

■ verb

[ vn ] to take the bones out of fish or meat

PHRASAL VERBS

- bone up on sth

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WORD ORIGIN

Old English bān , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch been and German Bein .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.