hone
see also: Hone
Pronunciation Etymology 1
Hone
Proper noun
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see also: Hone
Pronunciation Etymology 1
From Middle English hon, from Old English hān, from Proto-Germanic *hainō (compare Dutch heen, Norwegian hein), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃i- (compare Ancient Greek κῶνος, Persian سان).
Nounhone (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; simple past and past participle honed)
- (transitive) To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
- (transitive) To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
- (transitive) 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
Cognate with Icelandic hnúður. Distantly related to knot.
Nounhone (plural hones)
Verbhone (hones, present participle honing; simple past and past participle honed)
- (UK, US, southern US, dialect, intransitive) To grumble.
- c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
- Such tunges ſhuld be torne out by the harde rootes,
Hoyning like hogges that groynis and wrotes.
- Such tunges ſhuld be torne out by the harde rootes,
- c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
- (UK, US, southern US, dialect) To pine, lament, or long.
- 1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC ↗:
- He lies pitying himself, honing and moaning to himself
- Synonym of alas Used to express sorrow, or grief
- 1836, Joanna Baillie, Witchcraft, Act 4, page 141
- Oh, hone! oh, hone! miserable wretch that I am! Do ye mak confession for me, Sir, and I'll say 't after you, as weel as I dow. Oh, hone! oh, hone!
- 1836, Joanna Baillie, Witchcraft, Act 4, page 141
Hone
Proper noun
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