boned
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bəʊnd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /boʊnd/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊnd
Verb
boned
- simple past tense and past participle of bone
Adjective
boned (not comparable)
- (in combination) Having some specific type of bone.
- (art) Of computer-generated animations: based on models with simulated bones or joints.
- (slang) Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.
- Synonyms: screwed, fucked, up shit's creek
- 2002, Ken Keeler, “Godfellas”, in Futurama, season 3, episode 20, spoken by Bender (John DiMaggio):
- O cruel fate, to be thusly boned. Ask not for whom the bone bones; it bones for thee.
- (slang) Broken.
- of meat or fish, having had the bones removed before cooking.
- Synonym: deboned
- (of a garment such as a corset or basque) Fitted with bones.
- (snowboarding) Having the legs straightened during a trick.
Derived terms
- bare-boned
- big-boned
- raw-boned
Related terms
- boner
Translations
beset with difficult or impossible situation
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meat or fish with bones removed
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References
- “boned”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
- Boden, Bonde
Volapük
Noun
boned (nominative plural boneds)
- order, purchase
Declension
declension of boned
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | boned | boneds |
| genitive | boneda | bonedas |
| dative | bonede | bonedes |
| accusative | bonedi | bonedis |
| vocative 1 | o boned! | o boneds! |
| predicative 2 | bonedu | bonedus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Derived terms
- bonedabuk
- bonedazöt