boning Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb study intensively, as before an exam
    drum; grind away; swot up; bone up; get up; bone; cram; mug up; swot.
    • I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam
  2. verb remove the bones from
    debone; bone.
    • bone the turkey before roasting it

WordNet

Bon"ing noun
Etymology
Senses 1 and 2 fr. 1st Bone, sense 3 fr. 3d Bone.
Definitions
  1. The clearing of bones from fish or meat.
  2. The manuring of land with bones.
  3. A method of leveling a line or surface by sighting along the tops of two or more straight edges, or a range of properly spaced poles. See 3d Bone, v. t.

Webster 1913