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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Humanbonebone1 /bΙ™ΚŠn $ boʊn/ ●●● S2 W2 noun 1 BODY[countable]HBHHBA one of the hard parts that together form the frame of a human, animal, or fish body The X-ray showed that the bone was broken in two places.hip/leg/cheek etc bone (=the bone in your hip etc) He broke his collar bone.big-boned/fine-boned/small-boned etc (=with big etc bones) She was tall and big-boned. Amelia had inherited her mother’s good bone structure.2 [uncountable] a substance made of bones the bone handle of his dagger 3 β†’ the bare bones4 β†’ make no bones about (doing) something5 β†’ bone of contention6 β†’ be chilled/frozen to the bone7 β†’ skin and bone8 β†’ a bag of bones 9 β†’ feel/know something in your bones10 β†’ have a bone to pick with somebody11 β†’ close to the bone12 β†’ cut something to the bone 13 β†’ on the bone14 β†’ off the bone β†’ dry as a bone1(1), β†’ work your fingers to the boneCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + bone brokenThe doctor thought that I had a broken bone in my wrist.Luckily the bone wasn't broken.a thigh/hip/ankle etc boneHe was so thin that his hip bones were sticking out.human/animal bonesThey dug up a lot of human bones from under the castle.verbsbreak a boneI hope you haven't broken a bone.fracture a bone (=to break a bone so that a line appears on the surface)Sally fell, fracturing a bone in her leg.bone + NOUNbone structure (=the shape of your face, formed by the bones in it)She had beautiful eyes and fine bone structure.bone diseaseHe suffered from a rare bone disease. Examples from the Corpusboneβ€’ My son feels long and stringy now, all sinew, veins and bone.β€’ The hip and femur bones were fused together and no movement was possible at that joint.β€’ Fatigue seeps like ice water into bones and joints.β€’ They flowed into the taut nostrils and along the prominent bones in the cheek.β€’ Rib chops are identified by the slightly curved rib bone and the presence of the rib-eye muscle outside of the curve.β€’ A gust of wet wind blew down the alleyway, chilling me to the bone.β€’ Did you give this bone to the dog?β€’ Trampling Another source of modification to bone that begins soon after death is dispersal and breakage by trampling.β€’ She broke two bones in her arm.bone structureβ€’ He says it can distort bone structure, even cause heart problems.β€’ She had excellent bone structure, a well-shaped determined chin, a good figure and long legs.β€’ As she tilted her face upwards to answer, her bone structure was thrown into transitory relief.β€’ The neck itself is subject to a form of clinical exposure, its bone structure shifting and projecting.β€’ Maxine has the right bone structure to be a model.β€’ Paula Grey, a raven haired girl in her early thirties with strong bone structure, had just entered the office.β€’ Under the microscope even the bone structure of these dinosaurs looks more like that of living mammals than cold-blooded reptiles.β€’ His features were delicate; he had the bone structure of a professional model.β€’ This is a young woman whose bone structure is not fully developed.Related topics: Foodbonebone2 verb [transitive] DFto remove the bones from fish or meat boned breast and thigh meat β†’ bone up on somethingβ†’ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusboneβ€’ Scrape meat away from leg:, bone and remove bones.β€’ boned salmonβ€’ I spent the time before it boning up on things like Troops Out.Origin bone1 Old English ban
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Verb table
bone
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, theybone
he, she, itbones
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, theyboned
Present perfect
I, you, we, theyhave boned
he, she, ithas boned
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad boned
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill bone
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have boned
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Continuous Form
Present
Iam boning
he, she, itis boning
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you, we, theyare boning
Past
I, he, she, itwas boning
you, we, theywere boning
Present perfect
I, you, we, theyhave been boning
he, she, ithas been boning
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been boning
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be boning
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been boning
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