Meaning

1 senses
  1. (slang)To study or cram, especially in order to refresh one's knowledge of a topic.

    зубри́тьzubrítʹ

More definitions
  • study intensively, as before an exam

Examples

4 sentences
  1. I have to bone up on my physics.

  2. The bones build up a skeleton.

    deDie Knochen bilden ein Skelett. — al_ex_an_der

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  3. She'd better bone up on company policy.

  4. You should bone up on your French before your trip to Marseille.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · darinmex · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to study:

Forms

bones up, boning up, boned up, boned up
Base formbone up · to bone up
3rd person singularbones up
Present participleboning up
Past simpleboned up
Past participleboned up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybone up
he, she, itbones up

Past simpleLesson

all personsboned up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave boned up
he, she, ithas boned up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bone up

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedramp up

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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