Related Words for cut to the bone

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abate
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Verb, Noun
abatement
x/x
Noun
abbreviate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
abolished
x/x
Verb
above
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
abridge
x/
Verb, Noun
acceptable
x/xx
Adjective
acetabular
/x/xx
Adjective
acrylic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
adjourned
x/
Adjective
adjournment
x/x
Noun
alienated
/xxxx
Adjective
alleviate
x/xx
Verb
amputated
/xxx
Adjective
animal
/xx
Noun, Adjective
apple
/x
Noun, Verb
aquiline
xx/
Adjective
arm
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
arrest
x/
Noun, Verb
arrow
/x
Noun, Verb
articular
x/xx
Adjective
articulates
x/xx
Verb
astragalus
/xxx
Noun
austerity
x/xx
Noun
axe
/
Noun, Verb
backbone
/x
Noun
band
/
Noun, Verb
beaker
/x
Noun
beheaded
x/x
Adjective
ben
/
Name, Adverb, Adjective
bend
/
Noun, Verb
bevel
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bill
/
Noun, Verb
bitten
/x
Verb
blackout
/x
Noun, Verb
bleed
/
Verb, Noun
blended
/x
Adjective
blocked
/
Adjective
blocky
/x
Adjective
blood
/
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bob
/
Name, Verb, Adjective
body
/x
Noun, Verb
bona
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
bone marrow
//x
Phrase, Noun
boned
/
Adjective
boney
/x
Noun, Adjective
bonn
/
Name
bony
/x
Adjective, Noun
bore
/
Verb, Noun
bot
/
Noun, Verb
bouquet
x/
Noun
bowl
/
Noun, Verb
break off
//
Phrase, Verb
breastbone
/x
Noun
bring down
//
Phrase, Verb
brisket
/x
Noun
broke
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
bud
/
Noun, Verb
calcaneal
xx/x
Adjective
calcaneus
xxxx
Noun
cancellous
/xx
Adjective
carpal
/x
Adjective, Noun
cartilage
/xx
Noun
carve
/
Verb, Noun
cast
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
castrated
/xx
Adjective
centrum
/x
Noun
chamfer
/x
Noun, Verb
chase
/
Noun, Verb
chatter
/x
Noun, Verb
check
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
checkerboard
/xx
Noun, Verb
cheekbone
/x
Noun
chicken
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
china
/x
Name
chine
/
Noun, Verb
chip
/
Noun, Verb
chop
/
Noun, Verb
chop up
//
Phrase, Verb
clavicle
/xx
Noun
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
cleavage
/x
Noun
cleaved
/
Adjective
clip
/
Noun, Verb
coccyx
/x
Noun
cold shoulder
//x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
collarbone
/xx
Noun
compress
/x
Verb, Noun
compression
x/x
Noun
concentrate
/xx
Verb, Noun
condense
x/
Verb, Adjective
condyle
xx
Noun
conjunctiva
xx/x
Noun
contract
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
contraction
x/x
Noun
cord
/
Noun, Verb
cornea
/xx
Noun
corte
/
Name
costa
/x
Name
coupe
/
Noun
court
/
Noun, Verb
crack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cradle
/x
Noun, Verb
cram
/
Verb, Noun
cranium
/xx
Noun
crop
/
Noun, Verb
crosscut
/
Noun, Verb
crosses
/x
Verb
crossover
/xx
Noun, Adjective
cube
/
Noun, Verb
cup
/
Noun, Verb
curb
/
Noun, Verb
curtail
x/
Verb, Noun
curtailment
x/x
Noun
curve
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cut across
/x/
Phrase, Verb
cut back
//
Phrase, Verb
cut down
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
cut off
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
cut out
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
cut short
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
cut up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
cutback
/x
Noun
cutoff
/x
Noun, Adjective
cutout
/x
Noun
cuts
/
Noun
cutter
/x
Noun
cutting off
/x/
Phrase, Noun
danced
/
Noun
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
debited
/xx
Verb
decide
x/
Verb
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
deep
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
defensible
x/xx
Adjective
deflate
x/
Verb
delete
x/
Verb, Noun
deletion
x/x
Noun
denomination
xxx/x
Noun
dentin
/x
Noun
dentine
/x
Noun
deny
x/
Verb
depreciating
x/xxx
Adjective
deprive
x/
Verb
detach
x/
Verb
detract
x/
Verb
dice
/
Noun, Verb
dilute
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
diminish
x/x
Verb
diminution
xx/x
Noun
disconnect
xx/
Noun, Verb
disconnection
xx/x
Noun
discontinue
xx/x
Verb
discount
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
disengaged
xx/
Adjective
disposed
x/
Adjective
disregard
xx/
Noun, Verb
disrupt
x/
Verb, Adjective
dissect
x/
Verb
dissection
x/x
Noun
divide
x/
Verb, Noun
dock
/
Noun, Verb
dog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
downgraded
//x
Adjective
downsize
/x
Verb
downturn
/x
Noun, Verb
drags
/
Verb
drape
/
Noun, Verb
draw
/
Verb, Noun
drawdown
/x
Noun
dried
/
Adjective
drill
/
Noun, Verb
driveway
/x
Noun
drop
/
Noun, Verb
drum
/
Noun, Verb
ease
/
Noun, Verb
edit
/x
Noun, Verb
edit out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
elbow
/x
Noun, Verb
eliminate
x/xx
Verb
emasculated
x/xxx
Adjective
epiphysis
x//x
Noun
excavated
/xxx
Verb
excavation
xx/x
Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
fascicles
/xx
Noun
felled
/
Verb
femur
/x
Noun
fig
/
Name, Verb
finger
/x
Noun, Verb
fired
/x
Adjective
fitted
/x
Adjective, Noun
fixture
/x
Noun, Verb
flaw
/
Noun, Verb
fracture
/x
Noun, Verb
frame
/
Noun, Verb
furrow
/x
Noun, Verb
gash
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
generalizable
/xx/xx
Adjective
get up
//
Phrase, Verb
glass
/
Noun, Verb
goblet
/x
Noun
gore
/
Noun, Verb
grandeur
x/
Noun
greatness
/x
Noun
grind
/
Verb, Noun
grind away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
hack
/
Noun, Verb
hair
/
Noun, Verb
haircut
/x
Noun, Verb
hairdo
/x
Noun
hairline
/x
Noun, Adjective
hairstyle
/x
Noun
half
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
hall
/
Noun
halt
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
halving
/x
Noun
hand
/
Noun, Verb
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
harvest
/x
Noun, Verb
head
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
hew
/
Name, Verb
hob
/
Noun, Verb
hone
/
Verb, Noun
horse
/
Noun, Verb
hurt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
hyoid
/x
Adjective, Noun
hyoid bone
/x/
Phrase, Noun
ignore
x/
Verb
ilium
xxx
Noun
impassable
x/xx
Adjective
incision
x/x
Noun
indent
x/
Noun, Verb
inflate
x/
Verb
injured
/x
Adjective
injury
/xx
Noun, Verb
insect
/x
Noun
instalment
x/x
Noun
interrupt
xx/
Verb, Noun
intersect
xx/
Verb
intruded
x/x
Adjective
iron
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
isolated
/xxx
Adjective
issue
/x
Noun, Verb
ivory
/xx
Noun, Adjective
jacket
/x
Noun, Verb
jag
/
Noun, Verb
jammed
/
Adjective
jawbone
/x
Noun, Verb
jerky
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
joint
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
jowl
/
Noun, Verb
kill
/
Verb, Noun
kiss
/
Noun, Verb
knife
/
Noun, Verb
knob
/
Noun, Verb
knock
/
Verb, Noun
knock off
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
laced
/
Adjective
lamella
x/x
Noun
lateral
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
leaf
/
Noun, Verb
leg
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
less
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
lessen
/x
Verb
lighten
/x
Verb
limb
/
Noun, Verb
limit
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
line
/
Noun, Verb
lobe
/
Noun
logged
/
Verb
loin
/
Noun
looped
/
Adjective
lop
/
Noun, Verb
lower
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
lower jaw
/x/
Phrase, Noun
make out
//
Phrase, Verb
mala
/x
Noun
mandible
/xx
Noun
manhattan
x/x
Name
manicure
/xx
Noun, Verb
maroon
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
marrow
/x
Noun
matrix
/x
Noun
maxilla
x/x
Noun
meat
/
Noun
metacarpal
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
metatarsal
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
milled
/
Adjective
minimise
/xx
Verb
minimize
/xx
Verb
mitigate
/xx
Verb
montage
x/
Noun, Verb
mortise
x/
Noun, Verb
mow
/
Verb, Noun
mullet
/x
Noun
muscle
/x
Noun, Verb
mutilation
xx/x
Noun
narrow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
nasal
/x
Adjective, Noun
neat
/
Adjective, Noun
neck
/
Noun, Verb
nick
/
Name, Verb
nip
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
nip off
//
Phrase, Verb
notch
/
Noun, Verb
occiput
x/x
Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
orthopaedic
xx/x
Adjective
os
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
osteoporosis
xxxx/x
Noun
ouch
/
Noun, Verb
outage
/x
Noun
outer
/x
Adjective, Noun
outgrowth
/x
Noun
pain
/
Noun, Verb
palatine
/xx
Noun, Adjective
paper
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pare
/
Verb
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
pearl
/
Noun, Verb
peel
/
Noun, Verb
peel off
//
Phrase, Verb
phalanx
/x
Noun
piece
/
Noun, Verb
pierced
/
Adjective
pierre
x/
Name
pink
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
pit
/
Noun, Verb
pith
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
plane
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
point
/
Noun, Verb
poverty
/xx
Noun
primal
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
prominent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
prune
/
Noun, Verb
pubic bone
/x/
Phrase, Noun
pubis
/x
Noun
puff
/
Noun, Verb
pull
/
Verb, Noun
punctured
/x
Adjective
quit
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
rack
/
Noun, Verb
rationalize
/xxx
Verb
rebate
/x
Noun, Verb
reduce
x/
Verb
reduction
x/x
Noun
relieve
x/
Verb
remove
x/
Verb, Noun
resign
x/
Verb
restrict
x/
Verb, Adjective
restriction
x/x
Noun
retina
/xx
Noun
retired
x/
Adjective
retouched
x/
Verb, Adjective
retracted
x/x
Adjective
retrenchment
x/x
Noun
rez
/
Noun, Verb
rib
/
Noun, Verb
rip
/
Verb, Name
roadster
/x
Noun
roast
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
roll
/
Noun, Verb
rough
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
rounded
/x
Adjective
rupture
/x
Noun, Verb
saber
/x
Noun, Verb
sabre
/x
Noun, Verb
sacrum
/x
Noun
saddle
/x
Noun, Verb
save
/
Verb, Noun
saw
/
Verb, Noun
scalp
/
Noun, Verb
scapula
/xx
Noun
scapular
/xx
Adjective, Noun
schism
/x
Noun
scission
/x
Noun
scissor
/x
Noun, Verb
scrape
/
Verb, Noun
scrapped
/
Verb
scratch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
seam
/
Noun, Verb
section
/x
Noun, Verb
separated
/xxx
Adjective
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
sever
/x
Verb
severance
/xx
Noun
shank
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
shaped
/
Adjective
share
/
Noun, Verb
sharps
/
Noun
shave
/
Verb, Noun
shear
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
sheer
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shells
/
Noun
shin
/
Noun, Verb
short
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shorten
/x
Verb, Noun
shoulder blade
/x/
Phrase, Noun
shoulder bone
/x/
Phrase, Noun
shredded
/x
Adjective
shrink
/
Verb, Noun
shut
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
sieve
/
Noun, Verb
silica
/xx
Noun
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
simplistic
x/x
Adjective
sirloin
//
Noun
size
/
Noun, Verb
skeletal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
skeleton
/xx
Noun, Verb
skin
/
Noun, Verb
skip
/
Verb, Noun
skull
/
Noun, Verb
skullcap
/x
Noun
sky
/
Noun, Verb
slab
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
slant
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
slash
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
slaughter
/x
Noun, Verb
slew
/
Noun, Verb
slice
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
slit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
snip
/
Noun, Verb
snub
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
socket
/x
Noun, Verb
spare
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
spinal
/x
Adjective, Noun
spinous
/x
Adjective
split
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
steak
/
Noun, Verb
sternum
/x
Noun
stinger
/x
Noun
stop
/
Verb, Noun
straightforward
//x
Adverb, Adjective
streamline
/x
Verb, Noun
strike
/
Noun, Verb
style
/
Noun, Verb
suppressed
x/
Adjective
suspend
x/
Verb
suspension
x/x
Noun
swerve
/
Verb, Noun
swing
/
Noun, Verb
switch off
//
Phrase, Verb
switch on
//
Phrase, Verb
switching
/x
Noun
swot
/
Name, Verb
tail
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
tailor
/x
Noun, Verb
take
/
Verb, Noun
talus
/x
Noun
tap
/
Verb, Noun
tarsal
/x
Adjective, Noun
tear
/
Verb, Noun
tenderloin
/xx
Noun
terminated
/xxx
Adjective
terrific
x/x
Adjective
thin
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
thrall
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
threshold
/x
Noun
throat
/
Noun, Verb
through
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
thumb
/
Noun, Verb
timber
/x
Noun, Verb
tissue
/x
Noun, Verb
tomahawk
/xx
Noun, Verb
tooth
/
Noun, Verb
trabecular
x/xx
Adjective
tranche
/
Noun, Verb
transected
/xx
Verb
trench
/
Noun, Verb
trend
/
Noun, Verb
trim
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Adverb
trophy
/x
Noun, Verb
tuber
/x
Noun
tugged
/
Verb
turbinate
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
turn
/
Verb, Noun
turn off
//
Phrase, Verb
turn on
//
Phrase, Verb
turn out
//
Phrase, Verb
unambiguous
xx/xx
Adjective
unclear
x/
Adjective, Verb
uncontroversial
xxx/x
Adjective
uncut
x/
Adjective
undercut
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
undo
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
unequivocal
xx/xx
Adjective
upper jaw
/x/
Phrase, Noun
veer
/
Verb, Noun
vertebra
/xx
Noun
vertebral
/xx
Adjective, Noun
vivo
/x
Noun
warp
/
Noun, Verb
water down
/x/
Phrase, Verb
wavy
/x
Noun, Adjective
weakened
/x
Adjective
weld
/
Noun, Verb
whiff
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
white
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
whittle
/x
Noun, Verb
withdraw
x/
Verb, Noun
withdrawal
x/x
Noun
wood
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
wound
/
Noun, Verb
write out
//
Phrase, Verb
yaw
/
Noun, Verb