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Bone - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Bone : adj : consisting of or made up of bone; "a bony substance"; "the
bony framework of the body"
(noun)
1: rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of
vertebrates [syn: os]
2: the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
[syn: osseous tissue]
3: a shade of white the color of bleached bones [syn: ivory,
pearl, off-white]
(verb)
1: study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on
my Latin verbs before the final exam" [syn: cram, grind
away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot
up]
2: remove the bones from; "bone the turkey before roasting it"
[syn: debone]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Bone : \Bone\, n. [OE. bon, ban, AS. b[=a]n; akin to Icel. bein,
Sw. ben, Dan. & D. been, G. bein bone, leg; cf. Icel. beinn
straight.]
1. (Anat.) The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of
vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic
carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and
bone.
Note: Even in the hardest parts of bone there are many minute
cavities containing living matter and connected by
minute canals, some of which connect with larger canals
through which blood vessels ramify.
2. One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a
rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any
fragment of bony substance. (pl.) The frame or skeleton of
the body.
3. Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
4. pl. Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers
and struck together to make a kind of music.
5. pl. Dice.
6. Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a
corset.
7. Fig.: The framework of anything.
A bone of contention, a subject of contention or dispute.
A bone to pick, something to investigate, or to busy one's
self about; a dispute to be settled (with some one).
Bone ash, the residue from calcined bones; -- used for
making cupels, and for cleaning jewelry.
Bone black (Chem.), the black, carbonaceous substance into
which bones are converted by calcination in close vessels;
-- called also animal charcoal. It is used as a
decolorizing material in filtering sirups, extracts, etc.,
and as a black pigment. See Ivory black, under Black.
Bone cave, a cave in which are found bones of extinct or
recent animals, mingled sometimes with the works and bones
of man. --Am. Cyc.
Bone dust, ground or pulverized bones, used as a
fertilizer.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Bone : \Bone\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Boning.]
1. To withdraw bones from the flesh of, as in cookery. ``To
bone a turkey.'' --Soyer.
2. To put whalebone into; as, to bone stays. --Ash.
3. To fertilize with bone.
4. To steal; to take possession of. [Slang]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Bone : \Bone\, v. t. [F. bornoyer to look at with one eye, to
sight, fr. borgne one-eyed.]
To sight along an object or set of objects, to see if it or
they be level or in line, as in carpentry, masonry, and
surveying. --Knight.
Joiners, etc., bone their work with two straight edges.
W. --M. Buchanan.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Bone : Bone: Bone is the substance that forms the skeleton of the body. It is composed chiefly of calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate. It also serves as a storage area for calcium, playing a
large role in calcium balance in the blood.
The 206 bones in the body serve several other purposes. They support and protect internal organs (for example, the skull protects the brain and the ribs protect the lungs). Muscles pull against
bones to make the body move. Bone marrow, the soft, spongy tissue in the center of many bones, makes and stores blood cells.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Bone |
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bubbleballzx: If we can continue to talk the way we're talking right now, i wouldn't mind the Bone being in my throat forever. |
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bangkavishead: My hip Bone has a big bad ugly bruise. Thus i have to wear my shorts HIGH~ |
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giselledjhdez: I am one of those melodramatic fools, neurotic to the Bone no doubt about it! |
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