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—honer, n./hohn/, n., v., honed, honing.n.1. a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.2. a precision tool with a mechanically rotated abrasive tip, for enlarging holes to precise dimensions.v.t.3. to sharpen on a hone: to hone a carving knife.4. to enlarge or finish (a hole) with a hone.5. to make more acute or effective; improve; perfect: to hone one's skills.hone2/hohn/, v.i., honed, honing.1. South Midland and Southern U.S. to yearn; long: to hone for the farm life; to hone after peach pie.2. Archaic. to moan and groan.[1590-1600; < AF *honer; OF hogner to grumble, growl < Gmc; cf. OS honian to abuse, revile]
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hone — hone·stone; hone·wort; hone; … English syllables
hone — hone1 [hōn] n. [ME < OE han, a stone, akin to ON hein, a hone < IE base * ko(i) , to sharpen, whet > L cos, whetstone, cotes, sharp rock, Gr kōnos, cone] a fine grained, hard stone used to sharpen cutting tools vt. honed, honing 1. to… … English World dictionary