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unboning

unboning is the present participle and gerund 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 unboning

What is unboning the present participle and gerund of?
Unboning is the present participle and gerund of unbone.

Words near unboning in the dictionary

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

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