Rawboned - English meaning

adjective

Having angles or sharp corners.

Usage examples:

Angular chairs

adjective

Thin and bony

Usage examples:

She was tall and angular.

adjective

Of or like bone.

Usage examples:

The bony plates that protect turtles and tortoises

adjective

Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.

Usage examples:

She was so emaciated she could hardly stand

adjective

(esp. of people and animals) very thin and weak, usually because of illness or not eating enough

adjective

(of a person) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age.

Usage examples:

A tall, gaunt woman in black

phrase

Dangerously thin

Usage examples:

The horse was found half-starved and suffering from neglect., the men were half-starved and clothed…

adjective

Someone who is hollow-cheeked has a face that is too thin.

adjective

(of a person) ungracefully thin and tall.

Usage examples:

He is lanky and a brilliant artist as well as being excellent at crosswords.

adjective

Tall and thin and often tending to move awkwardly as a result

Usage examples:

He shifted his lanky body uncomfortably in the cramped airplane seat.

verb

Be in or move into a sloping position.

Usage examples:

He leaned back in his chair

noun

A deviation from the perpendicular; an inclination.

Usage examples:

The vehicle has a definite lean to the left

adjective

(of a person or animal) thin, especially healthily so; having no superfluous fat.

Usage examples:

His lean, muscular body

adjective

(of a person or animal) thin and bony.

Usage examples:

Scraggy mongrels

adjective

(of a person or animal) unattractively thin and bony.

Usage examples:

He had a scrawny physique and a protuberant adam's apple

adjective

(of a person’s or animal’s body) very thin because not fed enough, so that you can see the shape of the bones under the skin

Usage examples:

The store had only a few scrawny chickens left.

adjective

Relating to or functioning as a skeleton.

Usage examples:

The skeletal remains of aquatic organisms

adjective

Of or like a skeleton (= frame of bones)

Usage examples:

Skeletal injuries

adjective

(of a garment) tight-fitting.

Usage examples:

A skinny jumper

noun

(of a person or part of their body) unattractively thin.

Usage examples:

His skinny arms

adjective

Very thin

Usage examples:

She’s shorter and skinnier than me., my bike has skinny tires., get the skinny on hundreds of celeb…

adjective

Additional to what is required for ordinary use.

Usage examples:

Few people had spare cash for inessentials

noun

An item kept in case another item of the same type is lost, broken, or worn out.

Usage examples:

The wheel's broken and it would be suicide to go on without a spare

verb

Give (something of which one has enough) to (someone).

Usage examples:

She asked if i could spare her a bob or two

adjective

With opposite surfaces or sides that are close or relatively close together.

Usage examples:

Thin slices of bread

adverb

With little thickness or depth.

Usage examples:

Cut the ham as thin as possible

verb

Make or become less dense, crowded, or numerous.

Usage examples:

The remorseless fire of archers thinned their ranks

adjective

Insufficiently fed or nourished.

Usage examples:

A horse that is underfed is likely to be dull and lethargic

verb

Not give enough food to.

Usage examples:

Some breeders intentionally underfeed their pups to keep them small

adjective

Not having had enough food to eat

Usage examples:

Weak, underfed patients risk undoing the good medical work carried out on their behalf., a lot of t…

adjective

Below a weight considered normal or desirable.

Usage examples:

He was thirty pounds underweight

verb

Apply too little weight to.

Usage examples:

We feared the hot-air balloon had been underweighted

noun

Insufficient weight.

Usage examples:

Thinness and underweight may be a physical quality that you and i share