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unbones

unbones is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unbone.

Meaning of unbone

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

Questions about unbones

What is unbones the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unbones is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unbone.

Words near unbones in the dictionary

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

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