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boned

boned

1 6.4
With bones of a certain size or strength
  • adjective
  • /boʊnd/
translation icon : huesudo
  • Big-boned and unruly, brimming over with love.
  • big-boned
  • fine-boned
  • small-boned

So these males actually go through a brittle boned osteoporosis.

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Examples

  • She was thin-boned and tiny as a child.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • His companion was large-boned and taller, and despite the fact that her face was fleshy, it was mobile and expressive.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • And big boned is, you know, everyone in her family is.

  • My daddy and mama are both large people, big-boned and heavy.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Stout fellow he is, large-boned and heavy.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • On the road, Eustace met a gypsy woman, big-boned and unruly.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The middle one was a girl, Estelle, as big-boned and clumsy as the boys, but sweet-natured.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • He was large-boned and heavy, with as much grizzled black-and-grey hair on his face as on his head.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • An 84-year-old retired factory worker, Frank was big-boned, rugged, and stubborn as a country mule.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Eleanor is big-boned, which runs in her family and gives her a unique presence.

Synonyms

bony
vsboned
9 3.0

Made from the hard parts inside animals or humans, like a skeleton

has bones of a specific kind or quality rather than being mainly bone
osseous
vsboned
  • Specialized
9.4

Relating to bone or made of bone

is about having bones of a stated kind or quality rather than technical relation

Surface Forms

boned positive

Morphology

boned = bone (semi-transparent) = bone + ed

Formed from 'bone' + '-ed' and generally means 'with bones' in combination, but the adjectival usage is relatively rare and learners may be unsure whether it means 'with' or 'without' bones in some contexts.

Etymology

Boned comes from the simple word bone, meaning 'the hard parts inside the body', plus the ending -ed that means 'having'. So long-boned or small-boned literally means 'having long bones' or 'having small bones', and we use it to describe a person's body build.