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DEBONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does debone mean? 

DEBONE (verb)
  The verb DEBONE has 1 sense:

1. remove the bones fromplay

  Familiarity information: DEBONE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEBONE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they debone  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it debones  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: deboned  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: deboned  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: deboning  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove the bones from

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

bone; debone

Context example:

bone the turkey before roasting it

Hypernyms (to "debone" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Domain category:

animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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