Hone

Word HONE
Character 4
Hyphenation hone
Pronunciations /həʊn/

Definitions and meanings of "Hone"

What do we mean by hone?

A fine-grained whetstone for giving a keen edge to a cutting tool. noun

A tool with a rotating abrasive tip for enlarging holes to precise dimensions. noun

To sharpen on a fine-grained whetstone. transitive verb

To perfect or make more intense or effective. transitive verb

To move or advance toward a target or goal. phrasal verb

To focus the attention or make progress achieving an objective. phrasal verb

To whine or moan. intransitive verb

To hanker; yearn. intransitive verb

To linger; delay.

A stone used for sharpening instruments that require a delicate edge, and particularly for sharpening razors; an oilstone. A hone differs from a whetstone in being of finer grit and more compact texture. See honestone. noun

A thin piece of dry and stale bread; also, an oil-cake. noun

A kind of swelling in the cheek. noun

See och hone.

To rub and sharpen on or as on a hone: as, to hone a razor.

To pine; long; yearn; moan.

To long for; crave.

A dialectal contraction of hosen, plural of hose.

Delay; lingering. noun

A circular barrow or hill. noun

To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen. transitive verb

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.

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The word "hone" in example sentences

Mays, I use the word hone, Mays practiced being Mays. ❋ Unknown (1991)

(In the past, he's also offered fish such as sayori, needlefish, and hamo, daggertooth conger pike, an eel-like summer-season thing so bony that no one could figure out how to eat it until the people of Kyoto devised a special technique called hone-giri, to which Takayama-san has added variations of his own.) ❋ Tosches, Nick (2007)

Sunnen has launched the HTA actuator hone, which is said to be ideal for cylinder surfacing and engineered for production of gas-meter tubes as well as light-duty metal removal applications. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I 'hone' my skills with flower purchases at the supermarket or farmer's market and torture my husband by carving up my purchases in our sink. ❋ Candid Engineer (2009)

For a guy who loves baseball and has loved it his whole life, this is a dream opportunity for me, to kind of hone in on a franchise and build it the way I see fit. ❋ Adam Kilgore (2010)

And what comes out of my head, we write down and I kind of hone into a bit. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Up towards the Great Lakes, a cold air at the surface, it's snow but closer to the Gulf Coast and into portions of the Ohio Valley, it's mainly a rain even, but let's really kind of hone in on what you have at the great lakes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So, he's got to, you know, kind of hone things in a little more. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And then I went to Georgetown in the history program to get a master ` s in the early 1980s in American history to kind of hone what I thought were the necessary analytical skills to write American history. ❋ Unknown (2004)

You know, they'll kind of hone in on this person fairly quickly, I think. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Members should "hone" the party to be an effective instrument for peace, so it could continue forward with its philosophy of justice for all. ❋ Unknown (1992)

_Sison_, or breakstone, was formerly known as the "Hone-wort," from curing a "hone," or boil, on the cheek. ❋ William Thomas Fernie (N/A)

"He's very good technically when he can kind of hone in." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Donkeys are not acceptable candidates to "hone" rodeo skills on.

So from your perspective, is that one of the areas of focus you'd recommend to coaches to kind of hone in on as they're working with someone during this first 30, 60, 90 days? ❋ Unknown (2009)

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