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unbone

unbone verb: to deprive of bones, as meat; to bone.

Verb

unbone (third-person singular simple present unbones, present participle unboning, simple past and past participle unboned)

  1. To deprive of bones, as meat; to bone.
  2. (obsolete) To twist about, as if boneless.
    • writhing and unboning their clergy limbs to all the antic and dishonest gestures of Trinculoes1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC

Synonyms of unbone

Forms of unbone

third-person singular presentunbones
present participleunboning
past participleunboned
pastunboned

Origin of unbone

From un- + bone.

Questions about unbone

What does unbone mean?
Unbone means to deprive of bones, as meat; to bone.
What part of speech is unbone?
Unbone is a verb.
What is the past tense of unbone?
The past tense of unbone is unboned.

Words near unbone in the dictionary

  1. unbombasting
  2. unbombasts
  3. unbombed
  4. unbondable
  5. unbonded
  6. unbone
  7. unboned
  8. unbones
  9. unboning
  10. unbonnet
  11. unbonneted

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