verb
- Study intensively, as before an exam.
- usage: "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
- Remove the bones from.
- usage: "bone the turkey before roasting it"
adjective
- Having had the bones removed.
- usage: "a boneless rib roast"; "a boned (or deboned) fish"
- synonyms: deboned
- Having bones as specified.
- usage: "his lanky long-boned body"
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