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DEBONE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they debone ... he / she / it debones
Past simple: deboned
Past participle: deboned
-ing form: deboning
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove the bones from
Example:
bone the turkey before roasting it
Synonyms:
bone; debone
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
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
