What does hone mean?
Definitions for hone
hoʊnhone
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word hone.
Princeton's WordNet
honeverb
a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
honeverb
sharpen with a hone
"hone a knife"
perfect, honeverb
make perfect or complete
"perfect your French in Paris!"
GCIDE
Honeverb
to render more precise or more effective; as, to hone one's skills.
Wiktionary
honenoun
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.
honenoun
A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
honeverb
To sharpen with a hone.
honeverb
To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
honeverb
To refine or master (a skill).
honeverb
To make more acute, intense, or effective.
Etymology: From hon ‘whetstone’, from han, from hainō (compare Dutch heen, Norwegian hein), from ḱeh₃i- ‘to sharpen’ (compare Greek κώνος ‘cone’, Persian ‘whetstone’).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Honenoun
A whetstone for a rasor.
Etymology: This word Meric Casaubon derives from ἀϰονὴ; Franciscus Junius from hogsaen, Welsh; Stephen Skinner, who is always rational, from hæn, Saxon, a stone; hænan , to stone.
A hone and a parer, to pare away grass. Thomas Tusser, Husband.
To Honeverb
To pine; to long for any thing.
Etymology: hongian, Saxon.
Wikipedia
Hone
Honing is a kind of metalworking.
ChatGPT
hone
To hone is to refine or perfect something over time, often in skills or in a particular field. It can also refer to the act of sharpening a tool or instrument.
Webster Dictionary
Honeverb
to pine; to lament; to long
Honenoun
a kind of swelling in the cheek
Honenoun
a stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone
Honeverb
to sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor
Etymology: [Cf. Icel. hn a knob.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Hone
hōn, n. a stone of a fine grit for sharpening instruments.—v.t. to sharpen as on a hone. [A.S. hán; Ice. hein; allied to Gr. kōnos, a cone.]
Hone
hōn, v.i. to pine, moan, grieve. [Perh. Fr. hogner, to grumble.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
HONE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hone is ranked #12199 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Hone surname appeared 2,553 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Hone.
88.9% or 2,270 total occurrences were White.
3.8% or 98 total occurrences were Asian.
3% or 78 total occurrences were Black.
2.1% or 56 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.4% or 36 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.5% or 15 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hone in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hone in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of hone in a Sentence
They simply have more time to understand and hone their craft without worrying about work, bills, and the rent which could potentially inflate the number of young, experimental hackers.
Yale is well known for having one of the most respected drama programs in the country. So, when they approached me with this opportunity, I knew Yale was the right place to begin to change the way Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg think about funding arts education, removing the tuition barrier will allow an even greater diversity of talented people to develop and hone their skills in front of, on, and behind Yale's stages.
You know, if he becomes the nominee, he'll have to sort of hone his criticisms a little more finely because the facts will be easy to marshal, but you know, he's good at this, that's what he does. And the people that he is telling it to now basically have only heard that story, so they believe it and it's probably good politics for him.
I think I learned how to be professional—the shooting demands and the financial demands were stuff you really have to be on your game at all times, Massey said. I think it helped me hone my craft. i think it’s because we do juicy story lines and we are not afraid to push the envelope and go a little crazy sometime. But I think also the rich tapestry of characters also helps make it a juicy show.
As Democrats, we have a lot of issues with our messaging and winning elections, these primaries are going to allow people to kind of hone that message.
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- esmoladoraCatalan, Valencian
- bruska, brus, brousek, pilovat, vybrousit, ostřit, nabrousit, brousit, naostřitCzech
- honen, feinschleifen, Schleifstein, ziehschleifen, ausschleifen, ausfeilen, WetzsteinGerman
- asperón, amolar, afiladera, aguzadera, amoladera, muela, aguzar, afilarSpanish
- با سنگ تیز کردنPersian
- hoonata, liipata, hoonaustyökalu, liippakivi, hioaFinnish
- perfectionner, aiguiserFrench
- mola, affinare, cote, molare, affilare, arrotareItalian
- とぐ, 砥石Japanese
- oroiMāori
- scherp maken, verfijnen, kalibreren, slijpen, aanzettenDutch
- esmerarPortuguese
- точить, хон, брусок, точильный камень, оттачивать, оселок, затачивать, хонинговатьRussian
- skärpa, bryne, bryna, slipa, finslipa, brynstenSwedish
- சாணைTamil
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