bony

 
  Grep  of  noun  bony 
  bony  fish 
  bony  labyrinth 
  bonyness 
  ebony 
  mountain  ebony 
 
  Overview  of  adj  bony 
 
  The  adj  bony  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  bony,  cadaverous,  emaciated,  gaunt,  haggard,  pinched,  skeletal,  wasted  --  (very  thin  especially  from  disease  or  hunger  or  cold;  "emaciated  bony  hands";  "a  nightmare  population  of  gaunt  men  and  skeletal  boys";  "eyes  were  haggard  and  cavernous";  "small  pinched  faces";  kept  life  in  his  wasted  frame  only  by  grim  concentration") 
  2.  osseous,  osteal,  bony  --  (composed  of  or  containing  bone;  "osseous  tissue") 
  3.  bony,  boney  --  (having  bones  especially  many  or  prominent  bones;  "a  bony  shad  fillet";  "her  bony  wrist") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  bony 
 
  2  of  3  senses  of  bony 
 
  Sense  1 
  bony,  cadaverous,  emaciated,  gaunt,  haggard,  pinched,  skeletal,  wasted 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  thin)  ->  fat 
 
  Sense  3 
  bony  (vs.  boneless),  boney 
 
  boneless  (vs.  bony) 
  =>  boned,  deboned 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  bony 
 
  3  senses  of  bony 
 
  Sense  1 
  bony,  cadaverous,  emaciated,  gaunt,  haggard,  pinched,  skeletal,  wasted 
  =>  thin  (vs.  fat),  lean 
 
  Sense  2 
  osseous,  osteal,  bony 
  Pertains  to  noun  bone  (Sense  2) 
  =>bone,  osseous  tissue 
  =>  animal  material 
 
  Sense  3 
  bony  (vs.  boneless),  boney 
  =>  bone(postnominal) 
  =>  boned 
  =>  bonelike 
  =>  strong-boned 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  bony 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  bony 
 
  bony  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  bony 
  bony 
  ebony 
  ribbony 
 
  Overview  of  adj  bony 
 
  The  adj  bony  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  bony,  cadaverous,  emaciated,  gaunt,  haggard,  pinched,  skeletal,  wasted  --  (very  thin  especially  from  disease  or  hunger  or  cold;  "emaciated  bony  hands";  "a  nightmare  population  of  gaunt  men  and  skeletal  boys";  "eyes  were  haggard  and  cavernous";  "small  pinched  faces";  kept  life  in  his  wasted  frame  only  by  grim  concentration") 
  2.  osseous,  osteal,  bony  --  (composed  of  or  containing  bone;  "osseous  tissue") 
  3.  bony,  boney  --  (having  bones  especially  many  or  prominent  bones;  "a  bony  shad  fillet";  "her  bony  wrist") 

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