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The chest or heart as the seat of one's emotions
The dead body of a person or animal
A structure of bones typical in an animate being
A general description or plan showing the essential features of something but without the detail
A cube with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance
The meeting of fists as a social gesture, equivalent to a high-five
The physical structure, including the bones, flesh, and organs, of a person or an animal
Plural for a composite material making up the skeleton of most vertebrates
“Sometime during the 1800s, Calvin Corey found a large bone, believed to be from either a mastodon or a whale, on his farm in the swamp area across the road from the Potts Site.”
Plural for an affection or proclivity for a person, activity or thing
“He's not interested in being the boss, being famous, or making a pot of money. There's not a competitive bone in his body.”
(usually "bones") Plural for a person's emotional, visceral self
“Deep in my bone, I know why this happened.”
(slang) Plural for a U.S. dollar
“Ben had lost everything. He barely had a bone to his name, and he was desperate.”
(bone to pick) Plural for a grievance, especially one that has been raised with someone in particular
“All her students are fighters in her army, which meant if someone had a bone to pick with Scathach, they had a bone to pick with you.”
Plural for the bone of the lower jaw
Plural for an argument or controversy, or the state of such
Plural for tarsus consisting of tibia, fibula, and talus bones
Plural for the holding or expression of opinions at variance with those commonly or officially held
Plural for the row of bony segments that surround and protect the spinal cord
To prepare food, especially by removing the bone or bones from
“Skin and bone the salmon, then cut it about seven inches in length.”
To unlawfully take possession of something
To engage in carnal activity
To make smooth, glossy or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding
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