English noun: bone |
| 1. | bone (body) rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates |
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| Synonyms | os |
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| Broader (hypernym) | connective tissue |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | anklebone, arcus zygomaticus, astragal, astragalus, bare bone, bonelet, braincase, brainpan, breastbone, calcaneus, calvaria, cannon bone, carpal, carpal bone, cartilage bone, centrum, cheekbone, clavicle, coccyx, collarbone, corpus sternum, costa, cranium, cuboid bone, dentin, dentine, ethmoid, ethmoid bone, fetter bone, fishbone, furcula, gladiolus, heelbone, hipbone, hyoid, hyoid bone, ilium, innominate bone, ischial bone, ischium, jaw, jugal bone, lacrimal bone, long bone, malar, malar bone, manubrium, marrowbone, membrane bone, metacarpal, metacarpal bone, metatarsal, modiolus, nasal, nasal bone, occiput, os breve, os hyoideum, os ischii, os longum, os nasale, os palatinum, os pubis, os sesamoideum, os sphenoidale, os tarsi fibulare, os temporale, os zygomaticum, ossicle, ossiculum, palatine, palatine bone, pastern, phalanx, pubic bone, pubis, ramus, rib, round bone, sacrum, scapula, sesamoid, sesamoid bone, short bone, shoulder blade, shoulder bone, sinciput, skull, skullcap, sphenoid, sphenoid bone, splint bone, sternum, sutural bone, tail bone, talus, tarsal, tarsal bone, temporal bone, tooth, turbinal, turbinate, turbinate bone, tympanic bone, vertebra, vomer, Wormian bone, wrist bone, xiphoid process, zygoma, zygomatic, zygomatic arch, zygomatic bone |
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| Part holonym | bone cell, bone marrow, condyle, coronoid process, ground substance, intercellular substance, lamella, marrow, matrix, processus coronoideus, socket |
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| Part meronym | endoskeleton |
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| Substance holonym | bone, collagen, osseous tissue |
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| Substance meronym | horn |
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| 2. | bone (substance) the porous calcified substance from which bones are made |
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| Synonyms | osseous tissue |
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| Broader (hypernym) | animal material |
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| Substance meronym | bone, os |
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| 3. | bone (attribute) a shade of white the color of bleached bones |
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| Synonyms | ivory, off-white, pearl |
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| Broader (hypernym) | white, whiteness |
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English verb: bone |
| 1. | bone (cognition) study intensively, as before an exam |
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| Samples | I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam.
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| Synonyms | bone up, cram, drum, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s.
Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Broader (hypernym) | hit the books, study |
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| Verb group | cram |
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| 2. | bone (change) remove the bones from |
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| Samples | Bone the turkey before roasting it.
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| Synonyms | debone |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | remove, take, take away, withdraw |
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| Domain category | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna |
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