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Etymology 1
Old English bān. Cognate with Dutch been, German Bein ‘leg’.
Adjective
bone (not comparable)
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Positive bone |
Superlative none (absolute) |
- (color/colour) Of an off-white colour, like the colour of bone.
- (informal) Said of something that is rubbish or broken.
Noun
An animal bone|
Singular bone |
Plural countable and uncountable; plural bones |
bone (countable and uncountable; plural bones)
- (uncountable) A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
- (countable) Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone.
- A bone of a fish; a fishbone
- One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.
- (color/colour) An off-white colour, like the colour of bone.
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bone colour:
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- (US, informal) A dollar.
- (slang) An erect penis; a boner.
- (slang) Dominoes or dice.
- (slang) Shortened form of trombone.
Synonyms
Translations
material
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Verb
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Infinitive to bone |
Third person singular bones |
Simple past boned |
Past participle boned |
Present participle boning |
to bone (third-person singular simple present bones, present participle boning, simple past and past participle boned)
- To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.
- "They boned the roast before placing it in the oven."
- (vulgar, slang, of a man) To have sexual intercourse with.
- So, did you bone her?
- (Australian, dated) (in Aboriginal culture) To perform "bone pointing", a ritual that is intended to bring illness or even death to the victim.
- 1962, Arthur Upfield, The Will of the Tribe, Collier Books, page 48.
- "You don't know!", Bony echoed. "You can tell me who boned me fifteen years ago on the other side of the world, and you can't tell me who killed the white-fella in the Crater".
- 1962, Arthur Upfield, The Will of the Tribe, Collier Books, page 48.
- To study (see also bone up)
- 1896, Burt L. Standish, Frank Merriwell's Chums
- "I know it. You do not study." "What's the use of boning all the time! I wasn't cut out for it."
- 1896, Burt L. Standish, Frank Merriwell's Chums
- To polish boots to a shiny finish
- ca 1980, F van Zyl, SADF National Service (1979-1980)
- "...the permanent boning (excessive polishing) of boots by recruits"
- ca 1980, F van Zyl, SADF National Service (1979-1980)
Synonyms
- (remove the bone from): debone
- (vulgar, have sexual intercourse with): bonk (British), do, fuck, screw, shag (British)
Translations
to remove bones- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
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Etymology 2
Origin unknown; probably related in some way to Etymology 1, above.
Verb
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Infinitive to bone |
Third person singular bones |
Simple past boned |
Past participle boned |
Present participle boning |
to bone (third-person singular simple present bones, present participle boning, simple past and past participle boned)
- (transitive, slang) To apprehend, steal.
- 1942: Therefore she wants to take results that belong to other people: she wants to bone everybody else's loaf. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 802)
Esperanto
Adverb
bone
Ido
Etymology
Adverb
bone
Italian
Adjective
bone f.
- Feminine plural form of bono
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Can a fossil bone be mineralized with calcium?
Q. Is it possible for a bone fossil to be permineralized by calcium? (the empty space of the bone is filled with calcium minerals) Thank you so much!
Asked by Grace - Sat Jan 3 19:13:56 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Fossilised bones with calcium carbonate replacing the original material are very common in nature. Most of the great dinosaur bones are composed of either calcium carbonate or silica. This is because one of the most common dissolved minerals in some groundwater is calcium carbonate, particularly in areas where limey rocks are present, or basalts. The calcium carbonate crystallises out where voids are present in the rock which the carbonate-bearing solution passes, Ideal voids are those left by organism remains. Calcium as the element does not exist freely in nature, so this plays no role in fossilising bones.
Answered by Jenny S - Sat Jan 3 21:41:26 2009
Q. Is it possible for a bone fossil to be permineralized by calcium? (the empty space of the bone is filled with calcium minerals) Thank you so much!
Asked by Grace - Sat Jan 3 19:13:56 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Fossilised bones with calcium carbonate replacing the original material are very common in nature. Most of the great dinosaur bones are composed of either calcium carbonate or silica. This is because one of the most common dissolved minerals in some groundwater is calcium carbonate, particularly in areas where limey rocks are present, or basalts. The calcium carbonate crystallises out where voids are present in the rock which the carbonate-bearing solution passes, Ideal voids are those left by organism remains. Calcium as the element does not exist freely in nature, so this plays no role in fossilising bones.
Answered by Jenny S - Sat Jan 3 21:41:26 2009
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