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Bones Definition–noun | 1. | Anatomy, Zoology. | a. | one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate. |
| b. | the hard connectiv
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| 2. | such a structure from an edible animal, usually with meat adhering to it, as an article of food: Pea soup should be made with a ham bone. |
| 3. | any of various similarly hard or structural animal substances, as ivory or whalebone. |
| 4. | something made of or resembling such a substance. |
| 5. | a small concession, intended to pacify or quiet; a conciliatory bribe or gift: The administration threw the student protesters a couple of bones, but refused to make any basic changes in the curricul
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| 6. | bones,
| b. | a body: Let his bones rest in peace. |
| e. | a simple rhythm instrument consisting of two sometimes curved bars or short strips of bone, ivory, wood, or the like, held between the fingers of one hand and clacked together. |
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| 7. | the color of bone; ivory or off-white. |
| 8. | a flat strip of whalebone or other material for stiffening corsets, petticoats, etc.; stay. |
–verb (used with object) | 10. | to remove the bones from: to bone a turkey. |
| 11. | to put whalebone or another stiffener into (clothing). |
| 12. | Agriculture. to put bone meal into (feed, fertilizer, etc.). |
–adverb | 13. | completely; absolutely: bone tired. |
—Idioms| 14. | bone up, Informal. to study intensely; cram: We're going to have to bone up for the exam. |
| 15. | feel in one's bones, to think or feel intuitively: She felt in her bones that it was going to be a momentous day. |
| 16. | have a bone to pick with someone, to have cause to disagree or argue with someone: The teacher had a bone to pick with him because his homework paper was identical with his neighbor's. |
| 17. | make no bones about, | a. | to deal with in a direct manner; act or speak openly: He makes no bones about his dislike of modern music. |
| b. | to have no fear of or objection to. |
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| 18. | to the bone, | a. | to the essentials; to the minimum: The government cut social service programs to the bone. |
| b. | to an extreme degree; thoroughly: chilled to the bone. |
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Bearing Definition–noun | 1. | the manner in which one conducts or carries oneself, including posture and gestures: a man of dignified bearing. |
| 2. | the act, capability, or period of producing or bringing forth: a tree past bearing. |
| 3. | something that is produced; a crop. |
| 4. | the act of enduring or capacity to endure. |
| 5. | reference or relation (usually fol. by on): It has some bearing on the problem. |
| 6. | Architecture. | a. | a supporting part of a structure. |
| b. | the area of contact between a bearing member, as a beam, and a pier, wall, or other underlying support. |
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| 7. | Machinery. the support and guide for a rotating, oscillating, or sliding shaft, pivot, or wheel. |
| 8. | Often, bearings. direction or relative position: The pilot radioed his bearings. |
| 9. | Surveying. a horizontal direction expressed in degrees east or west of a true or magnetic north or south direction. |
| 10. | Heraldry. any single device on an escutcheon; charge. |
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