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hone

释义

hone

verb transitive

UK /həʊn/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	hone
he/she/it	hones
present participle	honing
past tense	honed
past participle	honed

1
to improve a skill or talent that is already well developed
Synonyms and related words
To learn new skills or information
learn
train
master
2
old-fashionedto make the blade of a knife sharp by rubbing it on a special stone
Synonyms and related words
To rub and rubbing
rub
knead
scratch
3
hone something to a razor’s edge
to improve significantly, to sharpen something to a fine edge
Shreyansh put his father’s words to good use and honed his cricketing skills to a razor’s edge to find a place in the national team.
Submitted by:
Prakash Chandra Patel from India on 02/12/2017
Open Dictionary - December2017

phrasal verbs

hone in on

hone

verb transitive

US /hoʊn/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	hone
he/she/it	hones
present participle	honing
past tense	honed
past participle	honed

1
to improve a skill or talent that is already well developed
Synonyms and related words
To learn new skills or information
learn
train
acquire
2
to make the blade of a knife sharp by rubbing it on a special stone
Synonyms and related words
To rub and rubbing
rub
knead
scratch
3
hone something to a razor’s edge
to improve significantly, to sharpen something to a fine edge
Shreyansh put his father’s words to good use and honed his cricketing skills to a razor’s edge to find a place in the national team.
Submitted by:
Prakash Chandra Patel from India on 02/12/2017
Open Dictionary - December2017

phrasal verbs

hone in on

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