different between bored vs boned

English

Etymology

bore +? -ed

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /b??d/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger)IPA^(key): /bo(?)?d/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /bo?d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d
• Homophone: board; baud, bawd (nonrhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)

Verb

bored

1. simple past tense and past participle of bore

Adjective

bored (comparative more bored, superlative most bored)

1. Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.

   The piano teacher's bored look indicated he wasn't paying much attention to his pupil's lackluster rendition of Mozart's Requiem.

2. Perforated by a hole or holes.

Translations

Derived terms

• be bored, Thesaurus:be bored
• boredly
• boredness
• unbored

(Expressions):

• bored out of one's brains
• bored out of one's mind
• bored out of one's tree
• bored stiff
• bored to tears

Related terms

• bore, bore out
• boredom
• boring
• unbore

See also

• ennui
• ennuyé

Anagrams

• Brode, brode, orbed, robed

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b??nd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bo?nd/
• Rhymes: -??nd

Verb

boned

1. simple past tense and past participle of bone

Adjective

boned (not comparable)

1. (in combination) Having some specific type of bone.
2. (art) Of computer-generated animations: based on models with simulated bones or joints.
3. (slang) Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.
   • 1999 March, Matt Groening, “Space Pilot 3000”, Futurama, season 1, episode 1

     Bender: Well, we're boned! / Leela: Can't we get away in the ship?

4. (slang) Broken.
5. of meat or fish, having had the bones removed before cooking.
6. of a garment such as a corset or basque, fitted with bones.
7. (snowboarding) Having the legs straightened during a trick

Derived terms

• big-boned

Translations

References

• “boned”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Boden, Bonde

Volapük

Noun

boned (nominative plural boneds)

1. order, purchase

Declension

Derived terms

• bonedabuk
• bonedazöt