Skeleton

n.	1.	(Anat.) The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal.
	2.	A very thin or lean person. The great skeleton of the world. - Sir M. Hale.
	3.	The heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon.
a.	1.	Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal. Skeleton bill a bill or draft made out in blank as to the amount or payee, but signed by the acceptor. Skeleton key a key with nearly the whole substance of the web filed away, to adapt it to avoid the wards of a lock; a master key; - used for opening locks to which it has not been especially fitted. Skeleton leaf a leaf from which the pulpy part has been removed by chemical means, the fibrous part alone remaining. Skeleton proof a proof of a print or engraving, with the inscription outlined in hair strokes only, such proofs being taken before the engraving is finished. Skeleton regiment a regiment which has its complement of officers, but in which there are few enlisted men. Skeleton shrimp (Zool.) a small crustacean of the genus Caprella. See Illust. under Læmodipoda.

Noun	1.	skeleton - something reduced to its minimal form; "the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self"; "the bare skeleton of a novel"
	2.	skeleton - a scandal that is kept secret; "there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet" Synonyms: skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard
	3.	skeleton - the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal Synonyms: skeletal system, systema skeletale, frame
	4.	skeleton - the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton" Synonyms: skeletal frame, underframe, frame

To see a skeleton in your dream, represents something that is not fully developed. You may still in be the planning stages of some situation or project. Alternatively, it may suggest that you need to get to the bottom of some matter. You need to stand up for yourself and your rights. To see someone depicted as a skeleton, signifies that your relationship with them is long dead.abbreviation, abbreviature, abrege, abridgment, abstract, adumbrate, anatomy, appendicular skeleton, ashes, axial skeleton, backing, barebones, bean pole, beanstalk, bearing, block out, blueprint, body, bones, brief, broomstick, brouillon, bushing, cadaver, cadre, capsule, carcass, carrion, cartoon, case, casement, casing, chalk, chart, chassis, clay, clothes pole, compend, condensation, condensed version, configuration, conspectus, contour, copy, corpse, corpus delicti, crowbait, dead body, dead man, dead person, decedent, delineation, design, diagram, digest, doorframe, draft, drawing, dry bones, dust, earth, ebauche, elevation, embalmed corpse, epitome, esquisse, exoskeleton, fabric, features, figuration, figure, food for worms, frame, framework, framing, gestalt, graph, ground plan, gruel, head, house plan, hulk, ichnography, infrastructure, lanky, late lamented, lath, lattice, latticework, lineaments, lines, main features, mere shadow, mere wreck, mortal remains, mount, mounting, mummification, mummy, nervous wreck, organic remains, outline, overview, pandect, paper, pattern, picture frame, plot, precis, profile, projection, rail, rake, rattlebones, rattletrap, relics, relief, reliquiae, remains, review, rough, rubric, ruin, ruins, sash, setting, shadow, shapes, shaving, shell, shortened version, silhouette, skeletal, sketch, slat, slim, slip, soup, spindlelegs, spindleshanks, splinter, stack of bones, stiff, stilt, streak, survey, syllabus, synopsis, table, tenement of clay, the dead, the deceased, the defunct, the departed, the loved one, thumbnail sketch, topical outline, tournure, twiggy, underframe, vein, wafer, walking skeleton, window case, window frame, working drawing, wreck