bone

bone
bəun
1. noun
1) (the hard substance forming the skeleton of man, animals etc: Bone decays far more slowly than flesh.) hueso
2) (a piece of this substance: She broke two of the bones in her foot.) hueso

2. verb
(to take the bones out of (fish etc).) deshuesar
- bone china
- bone idle
- a bone of contention
- have a bone to pick with someone
- have a bone to pick with
- to the bone

bone n
1. hueso
he broke a bone in his foot se rompió un hueso del pie
2. espina / raspa
be careful of the bones in the fish cuidado con las espinas del pescado
bone
tr[bəʊn]
noun
1 hueso
2 (of fish) espina, raspa; (of whale) barba
3 (of corset) ballena
transitive verb
1 (meat) deshuesar; (fish) quitar la espina
plural noun bones
1 (remains) huesos nombre masculino plural, restos nombre masculino plural mortales
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to be as dry as a bone estar más seco,-a que una pasa
to break every bone in one's body romperse todos los huesos
to break every bone in somebody's body molerle a alguien los huesos, no dejarle a alguien un hueso sano
to have a bone to pick with somebody tener que ajustarle las cuentas a alguien
to work one's fingers to the bone trabajar como un esclavo
to feel something in one's bones tener un presentimiento de algo
to make no bones about it no andarse por las ramas
to make no bones about doing something no vacilar en hacer algo
to be a bag of bones estar en los huesos
near the bone (joke, humour) verde, picante
bone of contention figurative use manzana de la discordia
bone china porcelana, loza fina
bone marrow médula ósea
the bare bones lo esencial
bone ['bo:n] vt, boned ; boning : deshuesar
bone n
: hueso m
bone
n.
espina s.f.
esqueleto s.m.
hueso s.m.
v.
deshuesar v.

I bəʊn
noun
a) c u (Anat) hueso m

I can feel it in my bones — tengo ese presentimiento

meat on/off the bone — carne f con/sin hueso

the bare bones (of something) — lo básico (de algo)

he cut his finger to the bone — se cortó el dedo hasta el hueso

as dry as a bone — requeteseco

to be a bone of contention — ser* la manzana de la discordia

to be close to the bone — pasarse de castaño oscuro (fam)

to have a bone to pick with somebody — tener* que ajustar cuentas con alguien

to make no bones about something: she makes no bones about being an atheist — no esconde or no oculta que es atea

b) c (of fish) espina f
c) c bones pl (of dead person) restos mpl, huesos mpl (fam)

II
transitive verb \<\<meat\>\> deshuesar; \<\<fish\>\> quitarle las espinas a
Phrasal Verbs:
[bǝʊn]
1. N
1) [of human, animal etc] hueso m ; [of fish] espina f

bones — [of dead] huesos mpl ; (more respectfully) restos mpl mortales

bone of contention — manzana f de la discordia

chilled or frozen to the bone — congelado de frío

to cut costs to the bone — reducir los gastos al mínimo

I feel it in my bones — tengo esa corazonada, me da en la nariz (Sp) *

he won't make old bones — no llegará a viejo

- make no bones about doing sth

he made no bones about it — no se anduvo con rodeos

- work one's fingers to the bone
2) (=substance) hueso m
2.
VT [+ meat] deshuesar; [+ fish] quitar las espinas a
3.
CPD

bone china N — porcelana f fina

bone density N — densidad f ósea

bone marrow N — médula f ósea

bone marrow donor N — donante mf de médula ósea

bone marrow transplant N — transplante m de médula ósea

- bone up
* * *

I [bəʊn]
noun
a) c u (Anat) hueso m

I can feel it in my bones — tengo ese presentimiento

meat on/off the bone — carne f con/sin hueso

the bare bones (of something) — lo básico (de algo)

he cut his finger to the bone — se cortó el dedo hasta el hueso

as dry as a bone — requeteseco

to be a bone of contention — ser* la manzana de la discordia

to be close to the bone — pasarse de castaño oscuro (fam)

to have a bone to pick with somebody — tener* que ajustar cuentas con alguien

to make no bones about something: she makes no bones about being an atheist — no esconde or no oculta que es atea

b) c (of fish) espina f
c) c bones pl (of dead person) restos mpl, huesos mpl (fam)

II
transitive verb \<\<meat\>\> deshuesar; \<\<fish\>\> quitarle las espinas a
Phrasal Verbs:

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