hone Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
  2. verb sharpen with a hone
    • hone a knife
  3. verb make perfect or complete
    perfect.
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WordNet

Hone intransitive verb
Etymology
Etymology uncertain.
Definitions
  1. To pine; to lament; to long. Lamb.
Hone noun
Etymology
Cf. Icel. hn a knob.
Definitions
  1. A kind of swelling in the cheek.
Hone noun
Etymology
AS. han; akin to Icel. hein, OSw. hen; cf. Skr. çaa, also ço, çi, to sharpen, and E. cone. , 228.
Definitions
  1. A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone. Tusser.
Hone transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Honed ; present participle & verbal noun Honing
Definitions
  1. To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.

Webster 1913