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bone

4 ENTRIES FOUND:

2bone

verb
bonedbon·ing

Definition of BONE

transitive verb
1
: to remove the bones from <bone a fish>
2
: to provide (a garment) with stays
3
: to rub (as a boot or baseball bat) with something hard (as a piece of bone) in order to smooth the surface
intransitive verb
: to study hard : grind <bone through medical school>

First Known Use of BONE

15th century

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