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bonier definition
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Overview of adj bony The adj bony has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted -- (very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration") 2. osseous, osteal, bony -- (composed of or containing bone; "osseous tissue") 3. bony, boney -- (having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist") Antonyms of adj bony 2 of 3 senses of bony Sense 1 bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted INDIRECT (VIA thin) -> fat Sense 3 bony (vs. boneless), boney boneless (vs. bony) => boned, deboned Similarity of adj bony 3 senses of bony Sense 1 bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted => thin (vs. fat), lean Sense 2 osseous, osteal, bony Pertains to noun bone (Sense 2) =>bone, osseous tissue => animal material Sense 3 bony (vs. boneless), boney => bone(postnominal) => boned => bonelike => strong-boned Attributes of adj bony Familiarity of adj bony bony used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj bony bony ebony ribbony Overview of adj bony The adj bony has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted -- (very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration") 2. osseous, osteal, bony -- (composed of or containing bone; "osseous tissue") 3. bony, boney -- (having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist")
bonier definition