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1. (n.) hone
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
2. hone
a tool with a mechanically rotated abrasive tip for enlarging holes to precise dimensions.
3. (v.t.) hone
to sharpen on a hone.
4. hone
to enlarge or finish (a hole) with a hone.
5. hone
to make more acute or effective:
to hone one's skills.
6. (honed, hon&syl;ing.) hone
South Midland and Southern U.S. to yearn; long.
7. hone
Archaic. to moan; groan.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < AF *honer; OF hogner to grumble, growl < Gmc; cf. OS hōnian to abuse, revile)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) hone
a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
2. (verb) hone
sharpen with a hone
"hone a knife"
3. (verb) perfect, hone
make perfect or complete
"perfect your French in Paris!"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) hone
a kind of swelling in the cheek
2. (noun) hone
a stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone
3. (verb) hone
to pine; to lament; to long
4. (verb) hone
to sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor
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