HONE
hone
(noun) a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
perfect, hone
(verb) make perfect or complete; “perfect your French in Paris!”
hone
(verb) sharpen with a hone; “hone a knife”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
hone (plural hones)
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.
Verb
hone (third-person singular simple present hones, present participle honing, simple past and past participle honed)
To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
To refine or master (a skill).
To make more acute, intense, or effective.
Etymology 2
Noun
hone (plural hones)
A kind of swelling in the cheek.
Etymology 3
Verb
hone (third-person singular simple present hones, present participle honing, simple past and past participle honed)
(UK, US, southern US, dialect) To grumble.
(UK, US, southern US, dialect) To pine, lament, or long.
Source: Wiktionary
Hone, v. i. Etym: [Etymology uncertain. sq. root37.]
Definition: To pine; to lament; to long. Lamb.
Hone, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. h a knob.]
Definition: A kind of swelling in the cheek.
Hone, n. Etym: [AS. han; akin to Icel. hein, OSw. hen; cf. Skr. ç\'be, also ç\'d3, çi, to sharpen, and E. cone. sq. root38, 228.]
Definition: 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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Honed; p]. pr. & vb. n. Honing.]
Definition: To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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