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Hone

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Noun

1. hone

a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors

Verb

2. hone

sharpen with a hone

Example Sentences:
'hone a knife'

3. hone, perfect

make perfect or complete

Example Sentences:
'perfect your French in Paris!'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hone

see synonyms of hone
noun
1. 
a fine whetstone, esp for sharpening razors
2. 
a tool consisting of a number of fine abrasive slips held in a machine head, rotated and reciprocated to impart a smooth finish to cylinder bores, etc
verb
3. (transitive)
to sharpen or polish with or as if with a hone
verb (intransitive) dialect
1. (often foll by for or after)
to yearn or pine
2. 
to moan or grieve

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Hone

see synonyms of hone
noun
1. 
a fine-grained, hard stone used to sharpen cutting tools
verb transitiveWord forms: honed or ˈhoning
2. 
to sharpen with or as with a hone
3.  Mechanics
to enlarge or smooth (a bore) to exact specifications with an abrasive, rotating stick (honing stone)
verb intransitiveWord forms: honed or ˈhoning Dialectal
1. 
to yearn; long
2. 
to grumble; moan

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hone

see synonyms of hone
n.
1. A fine-grained whetstone for giving a keen edge to a cutting tool.
2. A tool with a rotating abrasive tip for enlarging holes to precise dimensions.
tr.v. honed, hon·ing, hones
1. To sharpen on a fine-grained whetstone.
2. To perfect or make more intense or effective: a speaker who honed her delivery by long practice.
intr.v. honed, hon·ing, hones
Informal
1. To whine or moan.
2. To hanker; yearn.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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