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

1. Remove the bones from
   "bone the turkey before roasting it";
   - debone
    
2. [informal] Study intensively, as before an exam
   "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam";
   - cram [informal], grind away, bone up [informal], swot [Brit, informal], mug up [Brit, informal], swot up [Brit, informal], revise [Brit]
    
3. [vulgar] (of a man) have sexual intercourse with
   "he boasted he was going to bone his first date";

See also: boneless, bony

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

Encyclopedia: Boned