hone

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /hoʊn/
• (RP) IPA: /həʊn/

Noun

hone (plural hones)

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.

Translations

• French: pierre à aiguiser
• German: Schleifstein, Wetzstein
• Italian: mola, cote
• Portuguese: mó, afiadeira
• Russian: осело́к
• Spanish: asperón, afiladera, aguzadera, amoladera, muela

Translations

• Russian: хон

Verb

hone (hones, present participle honing; past and past participle honed)

1. To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
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.

Translations

• French: aiguiser
• German: honen, feinschleifen, ziehschleifen
• Italian: affilare, molare, arrotare, affinare
• Portuguese: amolar, afiar
• Russian: отта́чивать
• Spanish: afilar, aguzar, amolar

Translations

• Russian: хонингова́ть

Translations

• French: perfectionner, affiner, affuter
• German: ausfeilen, ausschleifen
• Italian: affinare
• Portuguese: esmerar, aperfeiçoar
• Russian: отта́чивать
• Spanish: perfeccionar

Translations

• Portuguese: esmerar

Noun

hone (plural hones)

1. A kind of swelling in the cheek.

Verb

hone (hones, present participle honing; past and past participle honed)

1. (UK, US, southern US, dialect) To grumble.
2. (UK, US, southern US, dialect) To pine, lament, or long.

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