hone
1to sharpen on a whetstone with a fine, compact texture: to hone a carving knife.
to enlarge or finish (a hole) using a precision tool with a mechanically rotated abrasive tip.
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
a precision tool with a mechanically rotated abrasive tip, for enlarging holes to precise dimensions.
Origin of hone
1Other words from hone
- hon·er, noun
Words Nearby hone
Other definitions for hone (2 of 2)
South Midland and Southern U.S. to yearn; long: to hone for the farm life; to hone after peach pie.
Archaic. to moan and groan.
Origin of hone
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How to use hone in a sentence
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Each poet needs only learn to hear his own voice, and hone it, and present it.
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A Roving Commission | G. A. HentyThe knife should be sharpened from time to time on the stone or hone.
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The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 1/2 | Camden PelhamThe design invented by the sculptor at Sutton at hone, near Dartford, is less original and also less striking.
In Search Of Gravestones Old And Curious | W.T. (William Thomas) VincentBank Restriction Note (hone is said to have realised over 700 by the sale of this shocker), 28.
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British Dictionary definitions for hone (1 of 2)
/ (həʊn) /
a fine whetstone, esp for sharpening razors
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
(tr) to sharpen or polish with or as if with a hone
Origin of hone
1usage For hone
British Dictionary definitions for hone (2 of 2)
/ (həʊn) /
(often foll by for or after) to yearn or pine
to moan or grieve
Origin of hone
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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