honeverb [ T ]
uk/həʊn/us/hoʊn/hone verb [ T ] (MAKE SHARP)
to make an object sharp:
The bone had been honed to a point.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sharp and blunt
- blunt
- jaggy
- keen
- point
- pointed
- pointy
- prickly
- razor-sharp
- sharp
- sharpen
- sharply
- spike
- spiked
- spiky
- spiny
- whet
hone verb [ T ] (MAKE PERFECT)
to make something perfect or completely suitable for its purpose:
His physique was honed to perfection.
Her debating skills were honed in the students' union.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making things better
- a shot in the arm idiom
- add salt to sth idiom
- allay
- alleviate
- ameliorate
- heal
- mitigate
- mollify
- more
- palliate
- patch sth up
- redeem
- relieve
- salve
- spice sth up
- sting
- straighten
- straighten sb out
- streamline
- sugar-coated
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