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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

Singular hone

Plural hones

hone (plural hones)

  1. 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.
  2. A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.

Verb

Infinitive to hone

Third person singular hones

Simple past honed

Past participle honed

Present participle honing

to hone (third-person singular simple present hones, present participle honing, simple past and past participle honed)

  1. To sharpen with a hone.
  2. To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
  3. To refine or master (a skill).
  4. To make more acute, intense, or effective.

Translations

to sharpen with a hone
  • Finnish: liipata fi(fi)
  • German: honen, feinschleifen, ziehschleifen
  • Russian: оттачивать
to produce a precision bore with a hone
to refine or master a skill
  • Finnish: hioa fi(fi)
  • German: ausfeilen, ausschleifen
  • Russian: оттачивать
to make more acute, intense or effective
  • Finnish: hioa fi(fi)
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Translations to be checked
  • French: affiner
  • Japanese: 研ぎ澄ます (togisumasu)

See also

Japanese

Noun

hone (hiragana ほね)

  1. 骨: bone

 

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