bone

bone [bōn]

n.

[ME bon < OE ban, bone, esp. of a limb, akin to Ger bein, a leg; only Gmc]

1. any of the separate parts of the hard connective tissue forming the skeleton of most full-grown vertebrate animals

2. this tissue, composed essentially of living cells embedded in hard calcium compounds

3. [pl.] the skeleton

4. [pl.] the body, living or dead

5. a bonelike substance or part, as whalebone

6. a thing made of bone or of bonelike material; specif.,

a) a corset stay

b) [pl.] Informal dice

7.

a) [pl.] flat sticks used as clappers in minstrel shows

☆ b) [pl., with sing. v.] an end man in a minstrel show

8. BONE WHITE

vt.

boned, boning

1. to remove the bones from

2. to put whalebone or other stiffening into

3. to fertilize with bone meal

vi.

Slang

☆ to study hard and hurriedly, as in preparation for an examination; cram: usually with up

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☆ feel in one's bones

to have an intuition or presentiment

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have a bone to pick

Informal to have something to quarrel or complain about

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make no bones about Informal

1. to make no attempt to hide; admit freely

2. to have no objection to or qualms about