bone up

Definition of Bone Up in English :

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Verb

1. bone, bone up, cram, drum, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up

study intensively, as before an exam

Example Sentences:
'I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bone Up

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verb

(adverb; when intr, usually foll by on) informal

to study intensively

Bone Up

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n.

1.

a. The dense, semirigid, porous, calcified connective tissue forming the major portion of the skeleton of most vertebrates. It consists of a dense organic matrix and an inorganic, mineral component.

b. Any of numerous anatomically distinct structures making up the skeleton of a vertebrate animal. There are more than 200 different bones in the human body.

c. A piece of bone.

2. bones

a. The skeleton.

b. The body: These old bones don't do much dancing anymore.

c. Mortal remains: His bones are buried up on the hill.

3. An animal structure or material, such as ivory, resembling bone.

4. Something made of bone or of material resembling bone, especially:

a. A piece of whalebone or similar material used as a corset stay.

b. bones Informal Dice.

5. bones The fundamental plan or design, as of the plot of a book.

6.

a. bones Flat clappers made of bone or wood originally used by the end man in a minstrel show.

b. Bones (used with a sing. verb) The end man in a minstrel show.

7. Vulgar Slang The penis.

v. boned, bon·ing, bones

v.tr.

1. To remove the bones from: bone a fish.

2. To stiffen (a piece of clothing) with stays, as of whalebone.

3. Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with. Used especially of a man.

v.intr.

Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse.

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