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skeletal skeletal definition

skeletal


 
  Grep  of  noun  skeletal 
  skeletal  muscle 
  skeletal  structure 
  skeletal  system 
 
  Overview  of  adj  skeletal 
 
  The  adj  skeletal  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (13)  skeletal  --  (of  or  relating  to  or  forming  or  attached  to  a  skeleton;  "the  skeletal  system";  "skeletal  bones";  "skeletal  muscles") 
  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") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  skeletal 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  skeletal 
 
  Sense  2 
  bony,  cadaverous,  emaciated,  gaunt,  haggard,  pinched,  skeletal,  wasted 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  thin)  ->  fat 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  skeletal 
 
  2  senses  of  skeletal 
 
  Sense  1 
  skeletal 
  Pertains  to  noun  skeleton  (Sense  1) 
  =>skeletal  system,  skeleton,  frame,  systema  skeletale 
  =>  system 
 
  Sense  2 
  bony,  cadaverous,  emaciated,  gaunt,  haggard,  pinched,  skeletal,  wasted 
  =>  thin  (vs.  fat),  lean 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  skeletal 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  skeletal 
 
  skeletal  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  skeletal 
  musculoskeletal 
  skeletal 
 
  Overview  of  adj  skeletal 
 
  The  adj  skeletal  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (13)  skeletal  --  (of  or  relating  to  or  forming  or  attached  to  a  skeleton;  "the  skeletal  system";  "skeletal  bones";  "skeletal  muscles") 
  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") 



skeletal definition