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Hone Very Common

Hone has 8 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Intj

Definitions
Noun
1

a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors

"After shaving, he carefully wiped his blade on the hone to remove any remaining nicks before storing it."

2

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.

"After being stung by a bee, he pressed his hand against the painful hone that had formed on his cheek."

3

A kind of swelling in the cheek.

Verb
1

sharpen with a hone

"hone a knife"

2

make perfect or complete

"perfect your French in Paris!"

3

To sharpen with a hone; to whet.

"After waiting forty minutes for their table, they began to hone about how rude the restaurant was being."

4

To grumble.

Intj
1

1836, Joanna Baillie, Witchcraft, Act 4, page 141

"The chef honed his knife skills by spending hours practicing precise cuts on vegetables."

See Also
stone unhoned swelling strop perfect sandpaper ekker refine
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
whetstone sharpen better
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
set optimize polish
Rhyming Words
one done wone lone mone fone none zone pone cone rone sone jone ione yone tone gone bone prone stone
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