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bone

გამოთქმა: /bəʊn/

განმარტებულია bone სიტყვის თარგმნა ფლექსია სინონიმები ანტონიმები

არსებითი სახელი

Universal
  • 1any of the pieces of hard whitish tissue making up the skeleton in humans and other vertebrates:his injuries included many broken bones a shoulder bone
  • (one's bones) one’s body:he hauled his tired bones upright
  • (bones) a corpse or skeleton: the diggers turned up the bones of a fifteen-year-old girl
  • a bone of an animal with meat on it fed to a dog: dogs yelping over a bone
  • 2 [mass noun] the calcified material of which bones consist:an earring of bone
  • a substance similar to bone, such as ivory or whalebone.
  • (often bones) a thing made or formerly made of bone, such as a strip of stiffening for a foundation garment.
  • (usually bones) (in southern Africa) one of a set of carved dice or bones used by traditional healers in divination.
  • 3 (bones) the basic or essential framework of something:you need to put some flesh on the bones of your idea

ზმნა

Universal
  • 1 [with object] remove the bones from (meat or fish) before cooking, serving, or selling: ask your butcher to bone the turkey for you
  • 2 [no object] (bone up on) informal study (a subject) intensively, typically in preparation for something:she boned up on languages she had learned long ago
  • 3 [with object] US vulgar slang (of a man) have sexual intercourse with (someone).

bone of contention

a subject or issue over which there is continuing disagreement:the examination system has long been a serious bone of contention

close to (or near) the bone

(of a remark) penetrating and accurate to the point of causing discomfort: the headmaster was getting a little too close to the bone for my liking
(of a joke or story) likely to cause offence because near the limit of decency.

cut (or pare) something to the bone

reduce something to the bare minimum:costs will have to be cut to the bone

have a bone to pick with someone

informal have reason to disagree or be annoyed with someone: she has a bone to pick with the council

in one's bones

felt, understood, or believed very deeply or instinctively: something good was bound to happen; he could feel it in his bones

make no bones about

have no hesitation in stating or dealing with (something), however unpleasant or awkward it is:he makes no bones about his feelings towards the militants

make old bones

[with negative] reach an advanced age:he knew he would never make old bones

not have a —— bone in one's body

have not the slightest trace of the specified quality:she hasn’t got a sympathetic bone in her body

off (or on) the bone

(of meat or fish) having had the bone or bones removed (or left in) before being cooked, served, or sold: they supply hams in the traditional way, on the bone

point the bone at

Australian
(of an Aborigine) cast a spell on (someone) so as to cause their sickness or death.
openly accuse or blame someone.
[from an Australian Aboriginal ritual, in which a bone is pointed at a victim]

to the bone

(of a wound) so deep as to expose a person’s bone:his thigh had been axed open to the bone figurativehis contempt cut her to the bone
(especially of cold) affecting a person in a penetrating way:he was cold to the bone

to one's bones (or to the bone)

used to emphasize the essential nature of a specified quality:he’s a cop to the bone

what's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh (or blood)

proverb a person’s behaviour or characteristics are determined by their heredity.

work one's fingers to the bone

work very hard: Auntie can work her fingers to the bone, but it’s Miss Green that gets the thanks

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