hone

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A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores
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
To make more acute, intense, or effective
To use a hone to produce a precision bore
To sharpen with a hone
To refine or master (a skill)
{v} to sharpen on a hone
{n} a stone to whet razors on
To pine; to lament; to long
sharpen with a hone; "hone a knife"
make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!"
A kind of swelling in the cheek
To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor
To sharpen on, or with, a stone of fine grit
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
To grumble; pine; lament; long
{i} stone for sharpening tools, whetstone
a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
An extra-fine-grit sharpening stone, esp one used for razors
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
a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors sharpen with a hone; "hone a knife
{f} sharpen the edge of a tool
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
hone in on
Common misspelling of home in on
hone up
1. to try to master necessary information quickly, cram: "bone up for the exam"2. to renew one's skill or refresh one's memory: "boned up on the speech just before giving it"
hone in
concentrate on, focus on; get down to business
hone stone
{i} stone used for hones
honed
Made sharp
honed
Made more accurate or precise
honed
Simple past tense and past participle of hone
honed
past tense and past participle of the verb to hone
honer
{i} stone on which a tool can be sharpened
honer
A tool used to hone
honer
One who hones
hones
plural of hone
hone