Bony

Word BONY
Character 4
Hyphenation bon y
Pronunciations /ˈbəʊni/

Definitions and meanings of "Bony"

What do we mean by bony?

Of, relating to, resembling, or consisting of bone. adjective

Having an internal skeleton of bones. adjective

Full of bones. adjective

Having prominent or protruding bones. adjective

Lean; scrawny. adjective

Consisting of bone or bones; full of bones; pertaining to or of the nature of bone.

Having large or prominent bones; stout; strong.

Reduced to bones; thin; attenuated.

Hard and tough like bone, as the fruit and seeds of some plants.

Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones. adjective

Having large or prominent bones. adjective

The menhaden. adjective

The gar pike (Lepidosteus). adjective

Resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous. adjective

Full of bones adjective

With little flesh; skinny, thin adjective

Having prominent bones adjective

Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold adjective

Composed of or containing bone adjective

Resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous.

Full of bones

With little flesh; skinny, thin

Having prominent bones

Synonyms and Antonyms for Bony

The word "bony" in example sentences

"'And where do you think you are going then?' said I." He lifted one little thin bony arm from under his coverlid, and through all the dirt and the pallor of his face the smile of heaven I am sure was on it, as he looked and pointed upward and answered, 'Jesus!' ❋ Unknown (1892)

And the thing is, that (1) while we know that mammals have pinnae, that doesn’t mean that non-mammalian mammaliaforms did, and (2) it’s well established that basal mammaliaforms like Megazostrodon differed in bony ear anatomy from mammals. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

When they had closed the mine, the owners had dumped a couple of truckloads of bony, which is nothing more than the reject stuff from the shakers in the tipple, onto the road to the mine. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Although he is called a bony ass on account of his strength, [209] which would enable him to endure labors, especially such as were rustic, yet at the same time his sloth is indicated: for it is added a little afterwards, that he should be of servile disposition. ❋ 1509-1564 (1996)

At Fig. 2 we have removed the skin and muscles and exposed the two main structural features in the form of the eye, namely the bony ring of the socket and the globe containing the lenses and retina. ❋ Harold Speed (N/A)

It was of the kind commonly called the bony-tail or humpback or buffalo-fish, a peculiar species found in many of the rivers of the Southwest. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

What is called a bony lesion by the osteopath and a subluxation by the chiropractor, is in reality a "ligatight," that is, a shrunken condition of the connective tissue forming the various ligaments that bind the vertebrae together. ❋ Henry Lindlahr (1893)

It is now known as the bony-scaled pike, or gar pike, _Lepidosteus osseus_. ❋ Samuel De Champlain (1601)

      “Her face, a little, But don't you find her kind of bony?” ❋ Unknown (2010)

Some kind of bony crest is present over the caudal part of the nasoantorbital fenestra. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

It may be reading too much into appearances, but photographs of the L/B case defendants show that Gertrude Baniszewski could be described as "bony" or "skinny" (as Johnson describes Dianne, the Freedom Five ringleader); and that Richard Hobbs, who helped Baniszewski brand Likens, wore glasses (like Paul McVeigh, who in LGPATA is prime mover in similarly torturing Barbara). ❋ Ray Girvan (2004)

Also not enough to cover some of the "bony" sections of the streams for whitewater canoe racing. ❋ Jhetley (2006)

Indications of occupational activities, such as bony modification of the calcaneus (heel bone) that might reflect constant mounting and dismounting of horses, will be of particular importance in identifying the remains. ❋ Unknown (2000)

The kind of bony where it appears the chest concaves into the heart. ❋ Coben, Harlan, 1962- (1996)

The common reading is "bony," which seems to us better, though we believe _brawny_ to be the word intended. ❋ Various (N/A)

Burdekin and its tributaries is the silvery bream, or as it is more generally called, the "bony" bream. ❋ Louis Becke (1884)

She rose and bent over me, and then I noticed for the first time that, instead of being about thirty-five or forty years of age, as I had judged her to be by her hard, clear features and somewhat "bony" appearance externally, she could not be more than five-and-twenty, or even younger. ❋ Louis Becke (1884)

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