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Meaning of boning

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boning

Pronunciation:/ˈbəʊnɪŋ//ˈboʊnɪŋ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.

  2. To fertilize with bone.

  3. To put whalebone into.

    Example: to bone stays

  4. To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line.

    Example: boning rod

verb

Definitions

  1. To apprehend, steal.

verb

Definitions

  1. To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level or in line.

noun

Definitions

  1. The removal of bones from a carcass; filleting.

  2. The arrangement of bones in a corset.

  3. An act of sexual intercourse.

  4. Bone structure.