See also høne
English
Etymology
Akin to Old Norse hein ( > archaic Danish hen, spelling before the writing reform of 1948: heen , Norwegian bokmål hein), from Proto-Germanic *hainō (“whetstone”), from Proto-Indo-European *k̑ōi- (“to be pointed”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hone (plural hones)
- 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.
Verb
to hone (third-person singular simple present hones, present participle honing, simple past and past participle honed)
- To sharpen with a hone.
- To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
- To refine or master (a skill).
- To make more acute, intense, or effective.
Translations
to sharpen with a hone
- Finnish: liipata fi(fi)
- German: honen, feinschleifen, ziehschleifen
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- Russian: оттачивать, точить ru(ru), затачивать ru(ru)
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to produce a precision bore with a hone
to refine or master a skill
- Finnish: hioa fi(fi)
- German: ausfeilen, ausschleifen
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to make more acute, intense or effective
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Translations to be checked
- French: affiner
- Japanese: 研ぎ澄ます (togisumasu)
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See also
Japanese
Noun
hone (hiragana ほね)
- 骨: bone
