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# bony

adjective (bony, bonier, boniest)

«bony» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Bony means very thin, so the bones can be seen or felt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bony/#m1)
2. Bony describes food, especially fish, that has a lot of small bones in it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bony/#m2)
3. Bony means made of bone or like bone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bony/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons bony describes parts of the skeleton (the bony skull) and «bony fish» (fish with skeletons of bone, unlike sharks which have cartilage). In everyday life: a bony fish needs careful eating; a bony old horse is very thin. In stories witches have bony fingers.

### Examples

- The witch pointed a long bony finger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bony/#x1)
- Be careful, this fish is very bony. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bony/#x2)
- The stray cat was bony and hungry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bony/#x3)
- Your skull is a bony case that protects your brain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bony/#x4)
- My knees are bony. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bony/#x5)
- Most fish are bony fish, but sharks are not. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bony/#x6)
- Just above his ankles he clasped and unclasped his long bony fingers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bony/#x7)

### Note

Spelled «bony» (no e) from «bone». Comparative: bonier, boniest. Synonyms: skinny, scrawny. Saying someone is bony can be rude.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bony» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bony/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bony» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bony.html) on Mova free.