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1. Having had the bones removed
   "a boned fish"
   - deboned
    
2. Having bones as specified
   "his lanky long-boned body"

1. Study intensively, as before an exam
   "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
   - cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot [Brit], get up, mug up, swot up
    
2. Remove the bones from
   "bone the turkey before roasting it"
   - debone

See also: boneless, boney, bony

Type of: hit the books, remove, study, take, take away, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Bone Bone, Algeria