hone

[hone]

The verb hone means to sharpen skills. When you practice shooting baskets every day after school, you are honing your skills as a basketball player.

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To pine; to lament; to long.

Noun
a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors

Verb
make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!"

Verb
sharpen with a hone; "hone a knife"


v. i.
To pine; to lament; to long.

n.
A kind of swelling in the cheek.

n.
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.

v. t.
To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.


Hone

Hone , v. i. [Etymology uncertain. &root;37.] To pine; to lament; to long. Lamb.

Hone

Hone, n. [Cf. Icel. hn a knob.] A kind of swelling in the cheek.

Hone

Hone, n. [AS. h'ben; akin to Icel. hein, OSw. hen; cf. Skr. '87'bea, also '87'd3, '87i, to sharpen, and E. cone. &root;38, 228.] 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. Tusser. Hone slateSee Polishing slate. -- Hone stone, one of several kinds of stone used for hones. See Novaculite.

Hone

Hone, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Honed ; p]. pr. & vb. n. Honing.] To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.

To pine; to lament; to long.

A kind of swelling in the cheek.

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 sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.

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Usage Examples

A lot of people, including business leaders, think the future belongs to China. Globalization is not a zero-sum game, but we need to hone our skills to stay in play.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

The main thing experience has taught me is that one has to sort of hone their relationship to time, you know.

Free enterprise empowers entrepreneurs who have ideas and imagination, investors who take risks, and workers who hone their skills and offer their labor.

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