Meaning

simple past and past participle of bone.

Definitions by Sense

1. simple past and past participle of bone
2. (in combination) Having a (specific type of) bone.
3. (art) Of computer-generated animations: based on models with simulated bones or joints.
4. (slang) Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.
5. (slang) Broken.
6. (of meat or fish) Having had the bones removed before cooking.
7. (of a garment such as a corset or basque) Fitted with bones.
8. (snowboarding) Having the legs straightened during a trick.

Example Sentences

hollow-boned;   thick-boned

Most of the words came straight through the girls’ neat little well-powdered noses, which didn’t flinch at all. Noses are boned, you know, at least half-way down, so they don’t show the results of ill-treatment very soon.

O cruel fate, to be thusly boned. Ask not for whom the bone bones; it bones for thee.

Bro, for sure you were all boned out, but I wasn't rolling.

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Use boned when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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