# boned

Pronunciation: say "BOHND" US /boʊnd/, UK /bəʊnd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of bone. — simple past and past participle of bone
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of bone. Use this form when the action already happened.
   - _The chef boned the salmon fillet with a thin, flexible knife._
   - _Once the meat had been boned, the cook tied it into a neat roll._

## Adjective

2. Having had the bones removed before being cooked.
   - Simple: Having the bones taken out before cooking.
   - _The recipe calls for a boned shoulder of lamb, rolled and tied._
   - _He prefers boned trout, since the fillets are ready to fry._
3. Having bones of a specified type or size, as indicated by a modifying word.
   - Simple: Having bones of a certain type or size in the body.
   - _Greyhounds are lightly boned, which helps them run fast._
   - _The wrestler was heavily boned and broad across the shoulders._
4. Caught in a bad situation that seems hard or impossible to escape, and facing imminent danger or failure. *(slang)*
   - Simple: In big trouble, with little chance of getting out of it.
   - _Once the deadline passed with the report unfinished, the whole team was boned._
   - _If the engine fails this far from shore, we're completely boned._
5. Broken to the point of being unusable; no longer functioning. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Broken or no longer working.
   - _The laptop's screen is boned, so I can't see anything on it._
   - _After the crash, the gearbox was totally boned._
6. Fitted with stiff strips, originally whalebone, sewn in to hold a garment's shape.
   - Simple: Having thin stiff strips sewn in to help it keep its shape.
   - _The seamstress made a fully boned corset for the period drama._
   - _The bodice is boned along every seam to keep its rigid shape._
7. Of computer-generated animation: built on a digital model whose movement is driven by a framework of simulated bones and joints.
   - Simple: In computer animation, made using a model with fake bones and joints that move the figure.
   - _The animation team delivered a fully boned character ready for posing._
   - _Once the mesh is boned, the rig can bend at every joint._
8. Of a snowboarding or skating trick: performed with one or both legs held straight during the move.
   - Simple: In snowboarding, done with the legs pushed straight during a jump.
   - _The rider stuck a perfectly boned method over the big kicker._
   - _Judges rewarded the trick because the legs were so cleanly boned._

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