(n) a shade of white the color of bleached bones

(n) rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

(n) the porous calcified substance from which bones are made

(v) remove the bones from; "bone the turkey before roasting it"

(v) study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"

(s) consisting of or made up of bone; "a bony substance"; "the bony framework of the body"

(n) damage inflicted by burning

(n) a burned place or area

(n) an injury cause by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation

(n) a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun

(n) pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

(v) get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun

(v) burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"

(v) burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart"

(v) undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well"

(v) cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil"

(v) destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"

(v) use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise"

(v) create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD"

(v) feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies"

(v) cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"

(v) feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning"

(v) spend (significant amounts of money); "He has money to burn"

(v) burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem"

(v) cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"

(v) shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning"

(n) forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"

(n) a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head"

(n) street names for cocaine

(n) an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured"

(n) an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle"

(n) an unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

(n) a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust"

(v) exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"

(v) free of obstruction by blowing air through; "blow one's nose"

(v) burst suddenly; "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire"

(v) melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew"

(v) shape by blowing; "Blow a glass vase"

(v) allow to regain its breath; "blow a horse"

(v) show off

(v) cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side"

(v) lay eggs; "certain insects are said to blow"

(v) leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!"

(v) be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"

(v) spout moist air from the blowhole; "The whales blew"

(v) cause to move by means of an air current; "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard"

(v) cause air to go in, on, or through; "Blow my hair dry"

(v) provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

(v) play or sound a wind instrument; "She blew the horn"

(v) make a sound as if blown; "The whistle blew"

(v) sound by having air expelled through a tube; "The trumpets blew"

(v) spend lavishly or wastefully on; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater"

(v) spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

(v) make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"

(v) be blowing or storming; "The wind blew from the West"

(n) slang term for a woman; "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch"

(s) showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"

(s) lacking subtlety; obvious; "gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave"

(s) broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide

(s) not detailed or specific; "a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread"

(s) (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional; "a broad southern accent"

(s) very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"

(a) having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river"

(n) scenery hung at back of stage

(n) (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear

(n) a person's social heritage: previous experience or training; "he is a lawyer with a sports background"

(n) information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"

(n) the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"

(n) relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation; "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"

(n) extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured; "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals"

(n) the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting"

(v) understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"

(n) a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"

(n) any cognitive content held as true