Main Entry: ²bone

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): boned; bon·ing

Date: 15th century

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 surfaceintransitive verb : to study hard : grind <bone through medical school>