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bone       [bohn] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, boned, bon·ing, adverb
–noun
1.Anatomy, Zoology.
a.one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
b.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.
2.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.
3.any of various similarly hard or structural animal substances, as ivory or whalebone.
4.something made of or resembling such a substance.
5.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.
6.bones,
a.the skeleton.
b.a body: Let his bones rest in peace.
c.Games Slang. dice.
d.(initial capital letter) Mr. Bones.
e.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.
7.the color of bone; ivory or off-white.
8.a flat strip of whalebone or other material for stiffening corsets, petticoats, etc.; stay.
9.Games Slang. a domino.
–verb (used with object)
10.to remove the bones from: to bone a turkey.
11.to put whalebone or another stiffener into (clothing).
12.Agriculture. to put bone meal into (feed, fertilizer, etc.).
–adverb
13.completely; absolutely: bone tired.
—Idioms
14.bone up, Informal. to study intensely; cram: We're going to have to bone up for the exam.
15.feel in one's bones, to think or feel intuitively: She felt in her bones that it was going to be a momentous day.
16.have a bone to pick with someone, to have cause to disagree or argue with someone: The teacher had a bone to pick with him because his homework paper was identical with his neighbor's.
17.make no bones about,
a.to deal with in a direct manner; act or speak openly: He makes no bones about his dislike of modern music.
b.to have no fear of or objection to.
18.to the bone,
a.to the essentials; to the minimum: The government cut social service programs to the bone.
b.to an extreme degree; thoroughly: chilled to the bone.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME bo(o)n, OE bān; c. OFris, OS bén, D been bone, ON bein bone, leg, G Bein leg (-bein bone, in compounds); < Gmc *bainan (neut.), prob. orig. ptp. (cf. OIr 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); r. *astan bone < IE *Host- (> L os(s), Albanian asht, Avestan ast-, Hittite hast-ai), which fell together in Gmc with *astaz branch (> G Ast) < IE *osdos (> Gk ózos, Armenian ost)]
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Bône       [bohn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
former name of Annaba.
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bone       (bōn)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. The dense, semirigid, porous, calcified connective tissue forming the major portion of the skeleton of most vertebrates. It consists of a dense organic matrix and an inorganic, mineral component.
    2. Any of numerous anatomically distinct structures making up the skeleton of a vertebrate animal. There are more than 200 different bones in the human body.
    3. A piece of bone.
    4. The skeleton.
    5. The body.
    6. Mortal remains.
    7. A piece of whalebone or similar material used as a corset stay.
    8. bones Informal Dice.
    9. bones Flat clappers made of bone or wood originally used by the end man in a minstrel show.
    10. Bones (used with a sing. verb) The end man in a minstrel show.
  2. bones
    1. The skeleton.
    2. The body.
    3. Mortal remains.
    4. A piece of whalebone or similar material used as a corset stay.
    5. bones Informal Dice.
    6. bones Flat clappers made of bone or wood originally used by the end man in a minstrel show.
    7. Bones (used with a sing. verb) The end man in a minstrel show.
  3. An animal structure or material, such as ivory, resembling bone.
  4. Something made of bone or of material resembling bone, especially:
    1. A piece of whalebone or similar material used as a corset stay.
    2. bones Informal Dice.
    3. bones Flat clappers made of bone or wood originally used by the end man in a minstrel show.
    4. Bones (used with a sing. verb) The end man in a minstrel show.
  5. bones The fundamental plan or design, as of the plot of a book.
    1. bones Flat clappers made of bone or wood originally used by the end man in a minstrel show.
    2. Bones (used with a sing. verb) The end man in a minstrel show.

tr.v.   boned, bon·ing, bones
  1. To remove the bones from.
  2. To stiffen (a piece of clothing) with stays, as of whalebone.

Phrasal Verb(s):
bone up
Informal To study intensely, usually at the last minute: boned up for the final exam.

Idiom(s):
bone of contention
The subject of a dispute.

Idiom(s):
bone to pick
Grounds for a complaint or dispute.

[Middle English bon, from Old English bān.]

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bone 
O.E. ban, from P.Gmc. *bainam (cf. O.N. bein, Dan. ben, Ger. Bein). No cognates outside Gmc. (the common PIE root is *ost-); the O.N., Du., and Ger. cognates also mean "shank of the leg," and this is the main sense in Mod.Ger., but Eng. never seems to have had this sense. To make bones about (1459) refers to bones found in soup, etc., as an obstacle to being swallowed. To bone up "study" is 1880s student slang, from "Bohn's Classical Library," a popular series in higher education. To feel something in one's bones "have a presentiment" is c.1880, Amer.Eng.

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bone

adjective
1. 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 
2. the porous calcified substance from which bones are made 
3. a shade of white the color of bleached bones 

verb
1. study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam" [syn: cram] 
2. remove the bones from; "bone the turkey before roasting it" 

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bone

In addition to the idioms beginning with bone, also see bare bones; chilled to the bone; cut to the bone; feel in one's bones; funny bone; make no bones about; pull a boner; roll the bones; skin and bones; work one's fingers to the bone.


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bone       (bōn)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. The hard, dense, calcified tissue that forms the skeleton of most vertebrates, consisting of a matrix made up of collagen fibers and mineral salts. There are two main types of bone structure: compact, which is solid and hard, and cancellous, which is spongy in appearance. Bone serves as a framework for the attachment of muscles and protects vital organs, such as the brain, heart, and lungs. See more at osteoblast, osteocyte.
  2. Any of the structures made of bone that constitute a skeleton, such as the femur. The human skeleton consists of 206 bones.

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bone (bōn)
n.

  1. The dense, semirigid, porous, calcified connective tissue forming the major portion of the skeleton of most vertebrates, consisting of a dense organic matrix and an inorganic, mineral component.
  2. Any of the more than 200 anatomically distinct structures making up the human skeleton.
  3. A piece of bone.

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Bone Cave, TN Zip code(s): 38581

Bone Gap, IL (village, FIPS 7224) Location: 38.44477 N, 87.99795 W
Population (1990): 271 (108 housing units)
Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 62815

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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.

Bone earth (Chem.), the earthy residuum after the calcination of bone, consisting chiefly of phosphate of calcium.

Bone lace, a lace made of linen thread, so called because woven with bobbins of bone.

Bone oil, an oil obtained by, heating bones (as in the manufacture of bone black), and remarkable for containing the nitrogenous bases, pyridine and quinoline, and their derivatives; -- also called Dippel's oil.

Bone setter. Same as Bonesetter. See in the Vocabulary.

Bone shark (Zo["o]l.), the basking shark.

Bone spavin. See under Spavin.

Bone turquoise, fossil bone or tooth of a delicate blue color, sometimes used as an imitation of true turquoise.

Bone whale (Zo["o]l.), a right whale.

To be upon the bones of, to attack. [Obs.]

To make no bones, to make no scruple; not to hesitate. [Low]

To pick a bone with, to quarrel with, as dogs quarrel over a bone; to settle a disagreement. [Colloq.]

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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]

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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.

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