Turkish - English
Definition of üstühan in Turkish English dictionary
- bone
- One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone
- To study (see also bone up)
I know it. You do not study. What's the use of boning all the time! I wasn't cut out for it..
- To apprehend, steal
as long as you and I live I take it for granted that you will not suspect me of boning them. But to guard against casualties hereafter, I have asked Nicolay to write you a line saying that I have never had in my possession or custody any of the papers which you entrusted to him.
- To have sexual intercourse with
So, did you bone her?.
- To perform "bone pointing", a ritual that is intended to bring illness or even death to the victim
You don't know!, Bony echoed. You can tell me who boned me fifteen years ago on the other side of the world, and you can't tell me who killed the white-fella in the Crater.
- Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone
- study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
- The hard tissue that provides structural support to the body, It is primarily composed of hydroxyapatite crystals and collagen Individual bones may be classed as long, short, or flat
- hard substance that makes the skeletal system
- remove the bones from; "bone the turkey before roasting it"
- The size and density of the skeletal frame of the dog The Malamute must be a heavy-boned dog
- To put whalebone into; as, to bone stays
- Dense tissue that forms the skeleton Bone can be donated and transplanted
- living tissue that makes up the body's skeleton
- If something is too close to the bone, it makes you feel uncomfortable because it is very close to the truth or to the real nature of something
- A bone of a fish; a fishbone
- Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers and struck together to make a kind of music
- One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony substance
- the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
- Animal bones can tell us much about a site: The occupants' diet The species of the animals The sex of the animals The numbers of animals involved How the animals were exploited How the animals interacted with man: domesticated, farmed, parasites They show butchery marks and give evidence about the nature of the meat eaten and how it was butchered How the meat was prepared and cooked Age of the animals at slaughter indicates whether they were kept for breeding, for milk or for meat The cortex of animal bones is thicker than that of humans, and is therefore preserved better than man's See Articulated skeleton, Disarticulated skeleton, Phosphate analysis
Turkish - Turkish
Definition of üstühan in Turkish Turkish dictionary
- (Osmanlı Dönemi) f. Kemik