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BONEY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having bones especially many or prominent bones
Example:
bony fish
Synonyms:
boney; bony
Classified under:
Similar:
bone (consisting of or made up of bone)
boned (having bones as specified)
bonelike (resembling bone)
strong-boned (having strong bones)
Derivation:
bone (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Being very thin
Example:
pale bony hands
Synonyms:
boney; bony; scraggly; scraggy; scrawny; skinny; underweight; weedy
Classified under:
Similar:
lean; thin (lacking excess flesh)
Derivation:
boniness; bonyness (extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease))
