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. — Ooneykcall

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

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

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

  4. Get your bony ass out of bed!

  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