Overview of verb bone

The verb bone has 2 senses

• cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone -- (study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam")


• bone, debone -- (remove the bones from; "bone the turkey before roasting it")

Overview of adj boned

The adj boned has 2 senses

• boned, deboned -- (having had the bones removed; "a boneless rib roast"; "a boned (or deboned) fish")


• boned -- (having bones as specified; "his lanky long-boned body")