Meaning

1 senses

  1. To form into a wishbone-like shape; to fork.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Just pull the wishbone apart while making a wish.

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  2. In the hummingbird the wishbone is light and weak and so short that it does not come near the sternum.

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Origin

From wish + bone.

From wish + bone.

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Forms

wishbones, wishboning, wishboned, wishboned
Base formwishbone · to wishbone
3rd person singularwishbones
Present participlewishboning
Past simplewishboned
Past participlewishboned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywishbone
he, she, itwishbones

Past simpleLesson

all personswishboned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave wishboned
he, she, ithas wishboned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wishbone

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wiseA2wiselywishA1wishfulwispwisteria

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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