hone
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation 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.
- French: pierre à aiguiser
- German: Schleifstein, Wetzstein
- Italian: mola, cote
- Portuguese: mó, afiadeira
- Russian: осело́к
- Spanish: asperón, afiladera, aguzadera, amoladera, muela
- Russian: хон
hone (hones, present participle honing; 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.
- French: aiguiser
- German: honen, feinschleifen, ziehschleifen
- Italian: affilare, molare, arrotare, affinare
- Portuguese: amolar, afiar
- Russian: отта́чивать
- Spanish: afilar, aguzar, amolar
- Russian: хонингова́ть
- French: perfectionner, affiner, affuter
- German: ausfeilen, ausschleifen
- Italian: affinare
- Portuguese: esmerar, aperfeiçoar
- Russian: отта́чивать
- Spanish: perfeccionar
- Portuguese: esmerar
hone (plural hones)
Verbhone (hones, present participle honing; past and past participle honed)
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