bone
verb/bəʊn/
/bəʊn/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they bone | /bəʊn/ /bəʊn/ |
| he / she / it bones | /bəʊnz/ /bəʊnz/ |
| past simple boned | /bəʊnd/ /bəʊnd/ |
| past participle boned | /bəʊnd/ /bəʊnd/ |
| -ing form boning | /ˈbəʊnɪŋ/ /ˈbəʊnɪŋ/ |
- bone something to take the bones out of fish or meatWord OriginOld English bān, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch been and German Bein.
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