bones 1 of 2

plural of bone
1
as in die
a small cube marked on each side with one to six spots and usually played in pairs in various games the pirates decided their captives' fate with a toss of the bones

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as in heart
the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions I could feel in my bones that I had just met my future wife

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3
as in corpse
a dead body requested that his bones be buried in the country of his birth

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bones

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bone

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Noun
  • Annuals to plant: bachelor buttons, begonias, calendula, celosia, cosmos, larkspur, marigold, nasturtium, pansies, petunias, primrose, snapdragons, statice, stock, sunflowers, sweet pea and zinnias A healthy plant that suddenly wilts and dies may be a victim of verticillium or fusarium wilt.
    Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Ultimately, Optimal Media in Germany created a new die that would match the size and scale of the original cover.
    Melinda Newman, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Yellows 1, 2, 3 and 4: Were all banned in 1959 after they were potentially linked to lesions and heart damage.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
  • This presents the reader, especially one steeped in mystery fiction, with a familiar irony: Skilled detectives typically win readers’ hearts because of their flaws, not despite them.
    Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • They’ve been reduced to a pile of corpses, even young Constance.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The signing corpse in question here is that of a real-life outlaw, a man vividly named Elmer McCurdy, born in Maine in 1880 and variously a plumber, lead miner and boozer who decided that robbing banks and trains was a more lucrative way to pay for his whisky.
    Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The pair were belly deep in the rapids by that point, while the nest continued to disintegrate around them.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Eventually, Gus succumbed to the inevitable and woke up enough just to let Sarah, from Canada, give him some belly scratches.
    Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In 2016, a sudden outbreak of anthrax in the Yamal Peninsula — linked to the thawed carcass of an infected reindeer — left dozens ill and killed a child.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The team also recovered animal bones with cut marks and stone tools used to butcher carcasses from the site.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • There was also glutamine, which is said to support gut health and absorption; glutathione for its supposed antioxidant action, immune support and hyperpigmentation benefits; and a placenta injection, which I was told helps with skin regeneration.
    Parizaad Khan Sethi, Allure, 2 May 2025
  • They’ve been detected in the guts and tissues of many marine animals such as mammals, seabirds, turtles, zooplankton, fish, and sharks.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • Brandee Younger: American harpist who blends classical, jazz, soul, and funk influences into her music.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 1 May 2025
  • Barnes loses the heart and soul of his program, Zakai Zeigler, and a guy in Jahmai Mashack who would be considered the departing heart and soul in any year other than the one in which Zeigler is also departing.
    Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • From tracking heart rate and sleep patterns to measuring blood oxygen levels, smartwatches are helping people stay more in tune with their health than ever before.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • For example, some patients with leukemia receive bone marrow transplants, which replace the diseased blood stem cells in the bone marrow with healthy ones.
    Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Bones.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bones. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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