to the marrow
To the bone.
I was chilled to the marrow (of my bones).
marrow
/ˈmæɹəʊ/
noun 8name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
disturbed, rare, skeletal
VERB + MARROW
am, ate, bone, cheers, donated, donating, drink, hurt
MARROW + NOUN
blood, disease, myelodysplasia, osteomalacia, starvation, transplant, transplants
PREP.
from, in, in
Definitions
noun
1
The substance inside bones which produces blood cells.
Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
Chop me up, I like to be hurt / Drink my marrow and blood for dessert
2
A kind of vegetable similar to a large courgette, zucchini or squash.
The finest European vegetables, cabbages, cauliflowers, potatoes, vegetable marrow, were lying in the market-hall, awaiting purchasers.
3
The pith of certain plants.
4
The essence; the best part.
It takes from our achievements[…]/ The pith and marrow of our attribute.
I cannot commend , with theefe of his marrow, for feare of ill end
5
The inner meaning or purpose.
noun
1
A friend, pal, buddy, mate.
Cheers marrow!
2
A miner's mate or assistant.
A 'getter' or miner is paid 1½ to 2 cents per hundred weight of Coals excavated, […] but out of this sum, his "marrows" or assistants who do the business of 'putting' and 'hurrying' for him must be paid […]
3
One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate.
The moon’s my constant Mistresse / & the lowlie owle my morrowe. / The flaming Drake and yͤ Nightcrowe make / mee musicke to my sorrowe.
The dreichest saul could see he had sunlicht in his ee, / And there's no his marrow left in the toun.
name
1
A surname.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little
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Chop me up, I like to be hurt / Drink my marrow and blood for dessert
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The finest European vegetables, cabbages, cauliflowers, potatoes, vegetable marrow, were lying in the market-hall, awaiting purchasers.
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Cheers marrow!
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A 'getter' or miner is paid 1½ to 2 cents per hundred weight of Coals excavated, […] but out of this sum, his "marrows" or assistants who do the business of 'putting' and 'hurrying' for him must be pa
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The moon’s my constant Mistresse / & the lowlie owle my morrowe. / The flaming Drake and yͤ Nightcrowe make / mee musicke to my sorrowe.
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