hone
nounEtymology
From Middle English hon (“whetstone”), from Old English hān, from Proto-Germanic *hainō (compare Dutch heen, Norwegian hein), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃i- (“to sharpen”) (compare Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone”), Persian سان (sân, “whetstone”)).
Definitions
A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from…
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.
A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
To sharpen with a hone
To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
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To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
To refine (a skill especially) by learning.
- He also honed the procedure known as cut and fill - whereby the spoil from railway cuttings was used to build up embankments.
- Huh? Training in your room under the torchlight / Hone that form to get you ready for the big fight
To make more acute, intense, or effective.
A kind of swelling in the cheek.
To grumble.
- Such tunges ſhuld be torne out by the harde rootes,
To pine, lament, or long.
- He lies pitying himself, honing and moaning to himself
Synonym of alas Used to express sorrow, or grief
- Oh, hone! oh, hone! miserable wretch that I am! Do ye mak confession for me, Sir, and I'll say 't after you, as weel as I dow. Oh, hone! oh, hone!
A surname.
The neighborhood
Derived
hone slate, hone stone, honestone, Turkey hone, hone in, honer, rehone
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at hone. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at hone. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at hone
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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