Meaning & Definition of Bony in English

1. Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

• "Emaciated bony hands"

• "A nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"

• "Eyes were haggard and cavernous"

• "Small pinched faces"

• "Kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"

2. Composed of or containing bone

• "Osseous tissue"

3. Having bones especially many or prominent bones

• "A bony shad fillet"

• "Her bony wrist"

• "Bony fish"