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hone
A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores
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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
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To make more acute, intense, or effective
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To use a hone to produce a precision bore
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To sharpen with a hone
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{v} to sharpen on a hone
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{n} a stone to whet razors on
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To pine; to lament; to long
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sharpen with a hone; "hone a knife"
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make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!"
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A kind of swelling in the cheek
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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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To sharpen on, or with, a stone of fine grit
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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
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To grumble; pine; lament; long
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{i} stone for sharpening tools, whetstone
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a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
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An extra-fine-grit sharpening stone, esp one used for razors
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If you hone something, for example a skill, technique, idea, or product, you carefully develop it over a long period of time so that it is exactly right for your purpose. Leading companies spend time and money on honing the skills of senior managers
hone
a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors sharpen with a hone; "hone a knife
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To refine or master (a skill)
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{f} sharpen the edge of a tool
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If you hone a blade, weapon, or tool, you sharpen it on a stone or with a special device. four grinding wheels for honing fine edged tools and implements. a thin, honed blade. = sharpen
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