"skin and bones" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. A person or an animal that is emaciated or very thin, as from lack of nutrition. Synonyms: bony, gaunt, lanky, scrawny, skinny, skin and bone Related terms: osteocutaneous Translations (emaciated; very skinny): خنْشة دْ لعْضم (ḵənša d ləʕḍəm) (english: literally: bag of bones) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), en la pell i els óssos (Catalan), panit ug bukog (Cebuano), 皮包骨 (pei⁴ baau¹ gwat¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 骨瘦如柴 (gǔshòurúchái) (Chinese Mandarin), 皮包骨 (píbāogǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 皮包骨頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 皮包骨头 (Chinese Mandarin), skind og ben (Danish), luuta ja nahkaa (Finnish), luuviulu (Finnish), n’avoir que la peau sur les os [verb] (French), paquet d’os [masculine] (French), pel e ósos (Galician), Haut und Knochen (German), ein Strich in der Landschaft (German), 皮包骨 (phì-pâu-kut) (Hakka Chinese), 筋渣膜絡 (Hakka Chinese), 筋渣膜络 (kîn-châ-mo̍k-lo̍k) (Hakka Chinese), csont és bőr (Hungarian), magro [masculine] (Italian), smunto (Italian), tutta pelle (Italian), scarnito (Italian), sciupato (Italian), scavato (Italian), macilento (Italian), scheletrico (Italian), pelle e ossa (Italian), emaciato (Italian), secco (Italian), smilzo (Italian), 痩せこけた (yasekoketa) (alt: やせこけた) [verb] (Japanese), cutis et ossa (Latin), pellis et ossa (Latin), kauli un āda (Latvian), ко́жа и ко́ски (kóža i kóski) (Macedonian), ко́ски и ко́жа (kóski i kóža) (Macedonian), ко́жа и ко́ска (kóža i kóska) (Macedonian), ко́ска и ко́жа (kóska i kóža) (Macedonian), skinn og bein (Norwegian Bokmål), skinn og bein (Norwegian Nynorsk), skóra i kości (Polish), pele e osso (Portuguese), ко́жа да ко́сти (kóža da kósti) (Russian), ко́сти да ко́жа (kósti da kóža) (Russian), одна́ ко́жа да ко́сти (odná kóža da kósti) (Russian), кост и кожа [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), kost i koža [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), piel y huesos (Spanish), escuchimizado (Spanish), hueso y pellejo (Spanish), skinn och ben (Swedish), buto't balat (Tagalog), หนังหุ้มกระดูก (Thai), li pea so les oxheas (Walloon), li pea so les oxhs (Walloon), banse d' oxheas [feminine] (Walloon)

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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bony"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaunt"
    },
    {
      "word": "lanky"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrawny"
    },
    {
      "word": "skinny"
    },
    {
      "word": "skin and bone"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ary",
      "english": "literally: bag of bones",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵənša d ləʕḍəm",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "خنْشة دْ لعْضم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "en la pell i els óssos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "panit ug bukog"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "pei⁴ baau¹ gwat¹",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "皮包骨"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "roman": "phì-pâu-kut",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "皮包骨"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "筋渣膜絡"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "roman": "kîn-châ-mo̍k-lo̍k",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "筋渣膜络"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gǔshòurúchái",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "骨瘦如柴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "píbāogǔ",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "皮包骨"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "皮包骨頭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "皮包骨头"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "skind og ben"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "luuta ja nahkaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "luuviulu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "n’avoir que la peau sur les os"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paquet d’os"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "pel e ósos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "Haut und Knochen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "ein Strich in der Landschaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "csont és bőr"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "magro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "smunto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "tutta pelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "scarnito"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "sciupato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "scavato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "macilento"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "scheletrico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "pelle e ossa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "emaciato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "secco"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "smilzo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "やせこけた",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yasekoketa",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "痩せこけた"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "cutis et ossa"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "pellis et ossa"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "kauli un āda"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kóža i kóski",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "ко́жа и ко́ски"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kóski i kóža",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "ко́ски и ко́жа"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kóža i kóska",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "ко́жа и ко́ска"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kóska i kóža",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "ко́ска и ко́жа"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "skinn og bein"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "skinn og bein"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "skóra i kości"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "pele e osso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kóža da kósti",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "ко́жа да ко́сти"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kósti da kóža",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "ко́сти да ко́жа"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "odná kóža da kósti",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "одна́ ко́жа да ко́сти"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "кост и кожа"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "kost i koža"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "piel y huesos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "escuchimizado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "hueso y pellejo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "skinn och ben"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "buto't balat"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "หนังหุ้มกระดูก"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "li pea so les oxheas"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "word": "li pea so les oxhs"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "emaciated; very skinny",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "banse d' oxheas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "skin and bones"
}

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