Definition of hone Hone

/howˈn/ - [hown] - hone

We found 17 definitions of hone from 6 different sources.

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What does hone mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: hones

hone - a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
  whetstone a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives

Verb

hones, honing, honed  

hone - sharpen with a hone; "hone a knife"
  sharpen become sharp or sharper; "The debate sharpened"
  set set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly; "set clocks or instruments"
hone - make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!"
  perfect
  ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better make amendments to; "amend the document"
  optimise, optimize act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world
  polish up, brush up, polish, round off, round bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • hone (Noun)
    A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool .
  • hone (Noun)
    A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
  • hone (Verb)
    To sharpen with a hone.
  • hone (Verb)
    To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
  • hone (Verb)
    To refine or master a skill.
  • hone (Verb)
    To make more acute, intense, or effective.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • hone (v. i.)
    To pine; to lament; to long.
  • hone (n.)
    A kind of swelling in the cheek.
  • hone (n.)
    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.
  • hone (v. t.)
    To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • hone
    A language of Nigeria.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • hone
    hōn, n. a stone of a fine grit for sharpening instruments.—v.t. to sharpen as on a hone. [A.S. hán; Ice. hein; allied to Gr. kōnos, a cone.]
  • hone
    hōn, v.i. to pine, moan, grieve. [Perh. Fr. hogner, to grumble.]

Part of speech

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  • hone, verb, present, 1st person singular of hone (infinitive).
  • hone, verb (infinitive).
  • hone, noun, singular of hones.

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