General Definition: 1. The action of holding a cutting implement and using it to cut pieces from something large, such as an animal carcass. As a Verb or Adjective: 1. To remove the bones from meat, fish or chicken. English = debone. Note: 1. There appears to be no commonly used Auslan sign for DEBONE (but some signers represent this visually using these depicting signs, once they have established the topic). If you know a sign for DEBONE used by you or other Auslan users (deaf people or interpreters) please go to "Report missing sign" and supply details. Thank you.