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📖 Определения и значения для слова bone

📒 any of the hard parts that form the skeleton of the body of a human or an animal

  • He survived the accident with no broken bones.
  • This fish has a lot of bones in it.
  • She went for a bone density scan.

📒 the hard substance that bones are made of

  • knives with bone handles

📒 having bones of the type mentioned

  • fine-boned

📒 a very thin person or animal

  • The cat hadn’t been fed for weeks and was just a bag of bones.

📒 the basic facts

  • the bare bones of the story

📒 a subject that causes people to disagree

  • Where to go on holiday is always a bone of contention in our family.

📒 so honest or clearly expressed that it is likely to cause offence to some people

  • His comments about her size were a bit close to the bone.
  • Some of the sex scenes in the play were judged by critics to be too close to the bone.

📒 to reduce something, such as costs, as much as you possibly can

  • Their annual budget has already been pared to the bone.

📒 to be certain about something even though you do not have any direct proof and cannot explain why you are certain

  • I know I'm going to fail this exam—I can feel it in my bones.

📒 to be angry with somebody about something and want to discuss it with them

📒 very determined and refusing to give up

  • When she sensed a good story she was like a dog with a bone.

📒 to be honest and open about something; to not hesitate to do something

  • She made no bones about telling him exactly what she thought of him.

📒 to have none of the quality mentioned

  • She was honest and hard-working, and didn't have an unkind bone in her body.

📒 to develop a basic idea, etc. by giving more details to make it more complete

  • The strength of the book is that it puts flesh on the bare bones of this argument.

📒 extremely thin in a way that is not attractive or healthy

  • The dog lost more and more weight, and was soon little more than skin and bone.
  • He's all skin and bone after his illness.

📒 to give somebody a small part of what they want as a way of showing that you want to help them, without offering them the main thing they want

  • She feels this new energy bill is just throwing a bone to the environmentalists.

📒 affecting you very strongly

  • His threats chilled her to the bone.

📒 to work very hard

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