different between honed vs boned

English

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

honed (comparative more honed, superlative most honed)

1. Made sharp.
2. Made more accurate or precise.

Translations

Verb

honed

1. simple past tense and past participle of hone

Anagrams

• hedon, hen do

Middle English

Verb

honed

1. simple past/past participle of honen

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