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bone

/boʊn/noun, verb, adjective1 syllable

Bone means: study intensively, as before an exam.

Synonyms for bone20

noun, as in a shade of white the color of bleached bones

ivory, pearl, off-white

noun, as in rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

noun, as in the porous calcified substance from which bones are made

osseous tissue

verb, as in study intensively, as before an exam

cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up

verb, as in remove the bones from

debone

adjective, as in consisting of or made up of bone

bony, boney

also used for bone

rib, stay, doggy treat, unbone

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What does bone mean?6

verb

1

study intensively, as before an exam“I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam”

2

remove the bones from“bone the turkey before roasting it”

noun

1

a shade of white the color of bleached bones

2

rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

3

the porous calcified substance from which bones are made

adjective

1

consisting of or made up of bone“a bony substance”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with bone?35

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Bone in a sentence

  • She needs a bone marrow transplant, but she has not found a donor yet.Hybrid
  • He is bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh.unknown
  • The dog eats the fish, the bone, the tail, and all.onie23
  • Two dogs fight for a bone, and the third runs away with it.mcq
  • In this type of break, the bone will actually protrude from the skin.mccarras
  • Alveolar bone has a high mineral content, mainly calcium and phosphate.Vanilla
  • You have a fracture, that is to say a broken bone.Baberino
  • The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat.Ooneykcall

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Forms of bone

as a noun

plural
bones

as a verb

past tense
boned
present participle
boning
third-person singular
bones
past participle
boned