Word Finder - boned

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To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.

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To fertilize with bone.

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To put whalebone into.

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to bone stays

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To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line.

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boning rod

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(usually of a man) To have sexual intercourse with.

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(in Aboriginal culture) To perform "bone pointing", a ritual that is intended to bring illness or even death to the victim.

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(usually with "up") To study.

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bone up

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To polish boots to a shiny finish.

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To apprehend, steal.

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To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level or in line.

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(in combination) Having some specific type of bone.

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Of computer-generated animations: based on models with simulated bones or joints.

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Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.

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Broken.

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Of meat or fish, having had the bones removed before cooking.

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Of a garment such as a corset or basque, fitted with bones.

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Having the legs straightened during a trick

Fish should be carefully boned before it is served to younger children.

Or you could opt for a satin boned corset complete with lace-up back, combining luxury with security.

He was about the middle size, large boned, but not fleshy.

A chance to show off your culinary skills with Michael Bonacini's impressive boned chicken galantine.

This cat has a broad body and is large boned.

The top has full underwire construction and boned sided to give you fantastic support up to size 38-D.

Learn how to make boned stays, corsets, hand-made eyelets, chainmail and much more.

You used to be confined to a backless corset or bustier that strapped tightly around the waist and was boned up the front to stay in place.

Lingerie makers rose to the challenge with the long-line corset, which fastened around the waist and was boned through the front so that it clung to the body like a merry widow.

A boned bustier is more likely to give you that nipped-in shape you crave from foundation garments.

Some of her most popular pieces are the quilted bustier, the satin bustier, and the boned bustier.

An open-cup bustier has a corset-like fit in the torso, when it is purchased in a boned design, but it can also be found in a "light" look that simply stretches over the midsection.

An open cup teddy is complemented by an open cup bustier, which is complemented by an open cup bra, which looks great with a boned shelf corset, and so on.

This boned design supports the breasts, trims the torso, and still allows for the coveted peek-a-boo effect one gets from an open tip design.

With bridal design, the sky is the limit - from boned bodices to velvet fur trimmed coats the scope for creativity is huge.

Pierre, carefully stretching his neck so as not to touch the quilt, followed her suggestion and pressed his lips to the large boned, fleshy hand.