Difference between revisions of "Hone"

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English

Noun

1. 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.
2. A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.

Verb

Hone (third-person singular simple present hones, present participle honing, simple past and past participle honed)

1. To sharpen with a hone.
2. To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
3. To refine or master (a skill).
4. To make more acute, intense, or effective.

Synonyms for Hone

sharpen, grind, whet, file, strop, strengthen.

Antonyms for Hone

make, dull, roughen.

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• Rhymes: -əʊn