boned
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bəʊnd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /boʊnd/
- Rhymes: -əʊnd
Adjective
boned (not comparable)
- (in combination) Having some specific type of bone.
- (art) Of computer-generated animations: based on models with simulated bones or joints.
- (slang) Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.
- 1999 March, Matt Groening, “Space Pilot 3000”, Futurama, season 1, episode 1
- Bender: Well, we're boned! / Leela: Can't we get away in the ship?
- 1999 March, Matt Groening, “Space Pilot 3000”, Futurama, season 1, episode 1
- (slang) Broken.
- of meat or fish, having had the bones removed before cooking.
- of a garment such as a corset or basque, fitted with bones.
- (snowboarding) Having the legs straightened during a trick
Derived terms
Translations
References
- “boned” (US) / “boned” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.
Volapük
Declension
declension of boned
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | boned | boneds |
genitive | boneda | bonedas |
dative | bonede | bonedes |
accusative | bonedi | bonedis |
vocative 1 | o boned! | o boneds! |
predicative 2 | bonedu | bonedus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only
Derived terms
- bonedabuk
- bonedazöt
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