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1.nounThe system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.
2.nounAn anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton."She dressed up as a skeleton for Halloween."
3.nounA very thin person."She lost so much weight while she was ill that she became a skeleton."
4.nounThe central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure."The skeleton of the organisation is essentially the same as it was ten years ago, but many new faces have come and gone."
5.nounA frame that provides support to a building or other construction.
6.nounA client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub."In remote method invocation, the client helper is a ‘stub’ and the service helper is a ‘skeleton’."
7.nounThe vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively.
8.nounA very thin form of light-faced type.
9.noun(attributive) Reduced to a minimum or bare essentials.
10.verbTo reduce to a skeleton; to skin; to skeletonize
11.verbTo minimize