to bone
- verb
- /boʊn/
- Get this book and bone up.
- bone the chicken
- bone a duck
- butcher to bone
Examples
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At least bone up on the fallacies that apply to most of the goofy.
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Instead, contact the agency that regulates real estate agents in your state and bone up on the current rules.
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You might want to bone up on what "hard power" and "soft power" are.
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You really need to bone up on your American history, fella.
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Beyond doing your own writing, it would be beneficial to bone up on your reading.
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As far as how it's allocated, I need to bone up on some accounting sleuthing methods.
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GOP Rep Vita admitted he needs to "bone up" on the content of the charter.
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In the meantime, I'm going to bone up on the 22nd Amendment; I'm certain it somehow legalizes guns, too.
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He learned how to bone the chicken before grilling it for dinner.
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After catching the fish, she took a moment to bone it carefully to avoid any bones in her dish.
Synonyms
To remove bones from meat or fish
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
A steak from the middle of the cow's back with a T-shaped bone and a piece of tenderloin
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A curved bone at the lower back of the skull that protects the back of the brain
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A large bone at the front of the skull that makes the forehead and upper eye sockets
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One of two bones on the top and side of the skull between the front and back bones
Fine white porcelain made with powdered bone that is strong and slightly see-through
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A long hard part inside the arm or leg like the femur that has a soft center
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A living part inside a bone that helps make new bone and remove old bone
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One of the eight small bones in the wrist between the forearm and the hand
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A bone in animals that forms the lower jaw and lets the mouth open and close
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A small round bone that forms inside a tendon near a joint, like the kneecap
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A flat triangular bone on the upper back that connects the arm to the body
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A disease in horses that causes a hard bone growth on the lower hind leg and makes them lame
- Archaic
A small bowl made from bone ash used to separate precious metals during testing
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A black material made by burning animal bones used to colour or filter liquids
- Archaic
An oily liquid from heated animal bones used as a lubricant or to treat leather
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A large bone in the middle of the wrist that connects to the base of the middle finger
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The outer, thinner bone in the lower leg between the knee and ankle, also called the fibula
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A bone that forms inside cartilage before a baby is born, like long arm or leg bones
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A light spongy bone at the skull base that helps form the eye sockets and the inside of the nose
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A long bone in a horse's lower leg between the joint above the hoof and the hoof
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A bone condition where normal bone is replaced by soft tissue, making bones weak
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A small thin bone at the inner side of the eye socket that helps drain tears
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A small bone in the middle of the wrist shaped like a half moon that helps hand movement
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A bone that forms directly in soft tissue instead of from cartilage, like skull and collar bones
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A small bone on the outer side of the wrist next to the little finger with a hook-like part
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb bone comes from the noun bone and simply means 'to take out the bones' from meat or fish before cooking, which is exactly how we use it today.