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Definitions for Boned

[1] having a particular kind of bone or bony structure (used in combination): beautifully boned; raw-boned; small-boned.
[2] having the bones taken out; cooked or served with the bones removed: boned chicken; boned veal.
[3] braced or supported with stays, as a corset.
[4] fertilized with bone: boned land.
[5] Anatomy , Zoology . one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate. the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
[6] such a structure from an edible animal, usually with meat adhering to it, as an article of food: Pea soup should be made with a ham bone.
[7] any of various similarly hard or structural animal substances, as ivory or whalebone.
[8] something made of or resembling such a substance.
[9] a small concession, intended to pacify or quiet; a conciliatory bribe or gift: The administration threw the student protesters a couple of bones, but refused to make any basic changes in the curriculum or requirements.
[10] bones, the skeleton. a body: Let his bones rest in peace. Games Slang . dice. (initial capital letter ) Mr. Bones. a simple rhythm instrument consisting of two sometimes curved bars or short strips of bone, ivory, wood, or the like, held between the fingers of one hand and clacked together.
[11] the color of bone; ivory or off-white.
[12] a flat strip of whalebone or other material for stiffening corsets, petticoats, etc.; stay.
[13] Games Slang . a domino.
[14] to remove the bones from: to bone a turkey.
[15] to put whalebone or another stiffener into (clothing).
[16] Agriculture . to put bone meal into (feed, fertilizer, etc.).
[17] completely; absolutely: bone tired.
[18] a former name of Annaba
[19] any of the various structures that make up the skeleton in most vertebrates
[20] the porous rigid tissue of which these parts are made, consisting of a matrix of collagen and inorganic salts, esp calcium phosphate, interspersed with canals and small holes Related adjectives: osseous, osteal
[21] something consisting of bone or a bonelike substance
[22] (plural) the human skeleton or body they laid his bones to rest ; come and rest your bones
[23] a thin strip of whalebone, light metal, plastic, etc, used to stiffen corsets and brassieres
[24] (plural) the essentials (esp in the phrase the bare bones ) to explain the bones of a situation
[25] (plural) dice
[26] (plural) an informal nickname for a doctor
[27] close to the bone or near the bone risqué or indecent his jokes are rather close to the bone in poverty; destitute
[28] feel in one's bones to have an intuition of
[29] have a bone to pick to have grounds for a quarrel
[30] make no bones about to be direct and candid about to have no scruples about
[31] point the bone (often foll by at) Australian to wish bad luck (on) to threaten to bring about the downfall (of)
[32] to remove the bones from (meat for cooking, etc)
[33] to stiffen (a corset, etc) by inserting bones
[34] to fertilize with bone meal
[35] taboo , slang to have sexual intercourse with
[36] British a slang word for steal

Words related to Boned

bedevil, annoy, nag, torture, tease, vex, bother, pester, irritate, hurt, harass, plague, smite, mistreat, afflict, hound, molest, crucify, break, devil

Words nearby Boned

bone up, bone-crushing, bone-dry, bone-marrow transplant, boneblack, boned, bonefish, bonehead, bonelet, boner, bones of digits

Origin of Boned

before 900; Middle English bo(o)n, Old English bān; cognate with Old Frisian, Old Saxon bēn, Dutch been bone, Old Norse bein bone, leg, German Bein leg (-bein bone, in compounds); < Germanic *bainan (neuter), probably orig. past participle (compare Old Irish benaid (he) hews), meaning “lopped off,” from butchering of animals; orig. in phrase *bainan astan lopped-off bone or branch (hence, “leg,” as a branch of the body); replacing *astan bone < Indo-European *Host- (> Latin os(s ), Albanian asht, Avestan ast-, Hittite hast-ai ), which fell together in Gmc with *astaz branch (> German Ast ) < Indo-European *osdos (> Greek ózos, Armenian ost )

Other words from Boned

well-boned , adjective

Word origin for Boned

Old English bān ; related to Old Norse béin , Old Frisian bēn , Old High German bein

Synonyms for Boned

afflict, annoy, bedevil, bother, harass, hound, hurt, irritate, mistreat, molest, nag, pester, plague, smite, tease, torture, vex, abuse, agonize, bait, bone, break, crucify, devil, distress, excruciate, harrow, harry, heckle, pain, persecute, provoke, punish, rack, trouble, try, worry, wring, drive bananas, drive up the wall, give a hard time, play cat and mouse, put through wringer, rub salt in wound