Meaning of the word bones in English
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bones
Noun
1.
any of the pieces of hard whitish tissue making up the skeleton in humans and other vertebrates.
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his injuries included many broken bones
2.
the calcified material of which bones consist.
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an earring of bone
Verb
1.
remove the bones from (meat or fish).
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while the gumbo is simmering, bone the cooked chicken
2.
study (a subject) intensively, typically in preparation for something.
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she boned up on languages she had learned long ago and went back to New Guinea
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