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hone
honea whetstone for sharpening cutting tools; to make more acute or effective; perfect: He honed his skills at his father’s side.
Not to be confused with:home – one’s own house or residence; abode, dwelling, habitation; domicile; asylum: Home is where the heart is.hone 1 H0261900 (hōn)n.1. A fine-grained whetstone for giving a keen edge to a cutting tool.2. A tool with a rotating abrasive tip for enlarging holes to precise dimensions.tr.v. honed, hon·ing, hones 1. To sharpen on a fine-grained whetstone.2. To perfect or make more intense or effective: a speaker who honed her delivery by long practice.Phrasal Verb: hone in Usage Problem 1. To move or advance toward a target or goal: The missiles honed in on the military installation.2. To focus the attention or make progress achieving an objective: The lawyer honed in on the gist of the plaintiff's testimony.
[Middle English, from Old English hān, stone; see kō- in Indo-European roots. Hone in, alteration of home in.]Usage Note: The verb home has been used to mean "to return home" (what homing pigeons do) since the 1920s. The introduction of radar in World War II gave it the related meaning "to return home by following a beam or landmark" and then "to find a target via a beam or signal," as when pilots and aircraft homed on a target. In the 1950s the verb was extended to the figurative sense "to narrow attention on" and in was added, so the expression became home in on. A decade later hone in on, containing the verb meaning "to sharpen," began to be used in the same sense. Presumably the substitution was encouraged both by the similarity in sound and the overlap in metaphorical meaning: sharpening one's focus made as much sense as directing it homeward. Whatever its origin, hone in, despite being common, is often viewed as a mistake. In our 2015 survey, 36 percent of the Usage Panel disapproved of the example Direct mail allows you to hone in on your target audience, and 40 percent would not accept The purpose of the meeting was to hone in on strategies for improving the company's performance. If you prefer to employ the more widely accepted idiom, stick with home in or use zero in.
hone 2 H0261900 (hōn)intr.v. honed, hon·ing, hones Informal 1. To whine or moan.2. To hanker; yearn.
[Obsolete French hoigner, from Old French, perhaps from hon, cry of discontent.]hone (həʊn) n1. (Tools) a fine whetstone, esp for sharpening razors2. (Tools) a tool consisting of a number of fine abrasive slips held in a machine head, rotated and reciprocated to impart a smooth finish to cylinder bores, etcvb (Mechanical Engineering) (tr) to sharpen or polish with or as if with a hone[Old English hān stone; related to Old Norse hein]Usage: Hone is sometimes wrongly used where home is meant: this device makes it easier to home in on (not hone in on) the target
hone (həʊn) vb (intr) 1. (often foll by: for or after) to yearn or pine2. to moan or grieve[C17: from Old French hogner to growl, probably of Germanic origin; compare Old High German hōnen to revile]hone1 (hoʊn)
n., v. honed, hon•ing. n. 1. a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools. 2. a tool with a mechanically rotated abrasive tip for enlarging holes to precise dimensions. v.t. 3. to sharpen on a hone. 4. to enlarge or finish (a hole) with a hone. 5. to make more acute or effective: to hone one's skills. [before 950; Middle English (n.); Old English hān stone, rock; c. Old Norse hein hone] hone2 (hoʊn)
v.i. honed, hon•ing. 1. South Midland and Southern U.S. to yearn; long. 2. Archaic. to moan; groan. [1590–1600; < Anglo-French *honer; Old French hogner to grumble, growl < Germanic; compare Old Saxon hōnian to abuse, revile] hone
Past participle: honed
Gerund: honing
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| I hone | | you hone | | he/she/it hones | | we hone | | you hone | | they hone |
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| I honed | | you honed | | he/she/it honed | | we honed | | you honed | | they honed |
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| I am honing | | you are honing | | he/she/it is honing | | we are honing | | you are honing | | they are honing |
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| I have honed | | you have honed | | he/she/it has honed | | we have honed | | you have honed | | they have honed |
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| I was honing | | you were honing | | he/she/it was honing | | we were honing | | you were honing | | they were honing |
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| I had honed | | you had honed | | he/she/it had honed | | we had honed | | you had honed | | they had honed |
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| I will hone | | you will hone | | he/she/it will hone | | we will hone | | you will hone | | they will hone |
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| I will have honed | | you will have honed | | he/she/it will have honed | | we will have honed | | you will have honed | | they will have honed |
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| I will be honing | | you will be honing | | he/she/it will be honing | | we will be honing | | you will be honing | | they will be honing |
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| I have been honing | | you have been honing | | he/she/it has been honing | | we have been honing | | you have been honing | | they have been honing |
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| I will have been honing | | you will have been honing | | he/she/it will have been honing | | we will have been honing | | you will have been honing | | they will have been honing |
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| I had been honing | | you had been honing | | he/she/it had been honing | | we had been honing | | you had been honing | | they had been honing |
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| I would hone | | you would hone | | he/she/it would hone | | we would hone | | you would hone | | they would hone |
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| I would have honed | | you would have honed | | he/she/it would have honed | | we would have honed | | you would have honed | | they would have honed |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | hone - a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razorswhetstone - a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives | | Verb | 1. | hone - sharpen with a hone; "hone a knife"sharpen - make sharp or sharper; "sharpen the knives"set - give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor | | 2. | hone - make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!"perfectoptimise, optimize - make optimal; get the most out of; use best; "optimize your resources"ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"polish up, brush up, round off, polish, round - bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners" |
honeverb1. improve, better, polish, enhance, upgrade, refine, sharpen, augment, help honing the skills of senior managers2. sharpen, point, grind, edge, file, polish, whet, strop four grinding wheels for honing fine-edged toolsUsage: Hone is sometimes wrongly used where home is meant: this device makes it easier to home in on (not hone in on) the target.hone 1verbTo give a sharp edge to:acuminate, edge, sharpen, whet.
hone 2verbInformal. To have a strong longing for:ache, covet, desire, hanker, long, pant, pine, want, wish, yearn.Translationsaiguiseraffilareбрусокоселокhone
hone for (someone or something)To yearn for someone or something. She honed for her boyfriend the whole week he was gone. In this heat, I find myself honing for some ice cream.See also: honehone in1. To focus or concentrate on something. It's such a complex problem that it's hard to hone in on just one part of it.2. To make progress toward some goal or end. I think the detective is honing in on us, Jimmy. We better turn ourselves in!See also: honehone for someone or somethingRur. to long for someone or something. Tom: What's wrong with Jane? Mary: She's honing for her sweetheart. Jimmy was honing for the red bicycle in the toy store window.See also: honehone inv.1. To advance toward some target, goal, or desired state: The police are honing in on the location of the gang. We don't have the answer yet, but by working together we're definitely honing in.2. To direct one's attention; focus: The lawyer honed in on the discrepancies in my testimony.See also: honehone
hone1. a fine whetstone, esp for sharpening razors 2. a tool consisting of a number of fine abrasive slips held in a machine head, rotated and reciprocated to impart a smooth finish to cylinder bores, etc. hone[hōn] (materials) A fine-grit stone that is used for sharpening a cutting tool. (mechanical engineering) A machine for honing that consists of a holding device containing several oblong stones arranged in a circular pattern. oilstoneA fine-grained stone used to impart a sharp edge on tools; oil is used to lubricate the rubbing surface.hone
hone (hōn) 1. A sharpening stone. 2. To sharpen the edge of a cutting device. HONE
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Synonyms for honeverb improveSynonyms- improve
- better
- polish
- enhance
- upgrade
- refine
- sharpen
- augment
- help
verb sharpenSynonyms- sharpen
- point
- grind
- edge
- file
- polish
- whet
- strop
Synonyms for honeverb to give a sharp edge toSynonymsverb to have a strong longing forSynonyms- ache
- covet
- desire
- hanker
- long
- pant
- pine
- want
- wish
- yearn
Synonyms for honenoun a whetstone made of fine gritstoneRelated Wordsverb sharpen with a honeRelated Wordsverb make perfect or completeSynonymsRelated Words- optimise
- optimize
- ameliorate
- improve
- meliorate
- amend
- better
- polish up
- brush up
- round off
- polish
- round
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