1syllable
boned
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Definitions ofboned
1verb
- To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.
- To fertilize with bone.
- To put whalebone into.
Example: "to bone stays"
- To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line.
Example: "boning rod"
- (usually of a man) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (in Aboriginal culture) To perform "bone pointing", a ritual that is intended to bring illness or even death to the victim.
- (usually with "up") To study.
Example: "bone up"
- To polish boots to a shiny finish.
1verb
- To apprehend, steal.
1verb
- To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level or in line.
1adjective
- (in combination) Having some specific type of bone.
- Of computer-generated animations: based on models with simulated bones or joints.
- Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.
- Broken.
- Of meat or fish, having had the bones removed before cooking.
- Of a garment such as a corset or basque, fitted with bones.
- Having the legs straightened during a trick
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