boned

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəʊnd/
• IPA^(key): /boʊnd/

• Audio (AU):

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• Rhymes: -əʊnd

Verb

boned

1. simple past and past participle of bone

Adjective

boned (not comparable)

1. (in combination) Having some specific type of bone.
2. (art) Of computer-generated animations: based on models with simulated bones or joints.
3. (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?

4. (slang) Broken.
5. of meat or fish, having had the bones removed before cooking.
6. of a garment such as a corset or basque, fitted with bones.
7. (snowboarding) Having the legs straightened during a trick

Derived terms

• big-boned

Translations

beset with difficult or impossible situation

• Portuguese: ferrado (pt) (slang)
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meat or fish with bones removed

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: beinløs, beinlaus, benløs

  Nynorsk: beinlaus

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References

• “boned”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• Boden, Bonde

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Volapük

Noun

boned (nominative plural boneds)

1. order, purchase

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 later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• bonedabuk
• bonedazöt