Sekirov Dictionary

hone

UK /həʊn/US /hoʊn/

verb 6
noun 3
exclamation 1
forms 3

verb6

To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
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To refine (a skill especially) by learning.
- He also honed the procedure known as cut and fill - whereby the spoil from railway cuttings was used to build up embankments. — 2023
To make more acute, intense, or effective.
To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
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(dialect, US) To pine, lament, or long.
- He lies pitying himself, honing and moaning to himself — 1823
(dialect, US) To grumble.

noun3

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.
A kind of swelling in the cheek.

exclamation1

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Synonym of alas Used to express sorrow, or grief
- 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

forms

honed · honing · hones

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