Meaning

4 senses
  1. Resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous.

    knöchern

    кости́стыйkostístyj, ко́стныйkóstnyj

  2. Full of bones.

    grätig

    кости́стыйkostístyj

    having bones especially many or prominent bones

  3. With little flesh; skinny, thin.

    That bony fellow could use a few hot dinners.

    knochig

    костля́выйkostljávyj

    being very thin

  4. Having prominent bones.

    knochig

    костля́выйkostljávyj

Examples

11 sentences
  1. I ruin everything I get my bony hands on.

    ruЯ разрушаю всё, до чего добираюсь своими костлявыми руками.

    deIch richte alles zugrunde, was ich in die knöchernen Hände bekomme.

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  2. You'll find yourself bony if you won't eat anything.

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  3. This fish is bony and it is not easy to bone it.

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  4. Get your bony ass out of bed!

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  5. Humans are bony fish.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone:
with little flesh; skinny, thin:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone:
full of bones:
with little flesh; skinny, thin:

Origin

From Middle English bony, equivalent to bone + -y.

From Middle English bony, equivalent to bone + -y.

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Forms

bonier, boniest
Comparativebonier Lesson
Superlativeboniest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bony — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto