boned
/boʊnd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.88 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of bone
adj
Of computer-generated animations: based on models with simulated bones or joints.
adj
Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.
Slang
adj
Having the legs straightened during a trick.
Example Sentences
- "hollow-boned; thick-boned"
- "Most of the words came straight through the girls’ neat little well-powdered noses, which didn’t flinch at all. Noses are boned, you know, at least half-way down, so they don’t show the results of ill-treatment very soon."
- "O cruel fate, to be thusly boned. Ask not for whom the bone bones; it bones for thee."
- "Bro, for sure you were all boned out, but I wasn't rolling."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /boʊnd/
- British English: /bəʊnd/