hone

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

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

1. To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
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.

Verb

1. To grumble.
2. To pine, lament, or long.

Intj

Synonym of alas Used to express sorrow, or grief

Concepten

aanzetten

slijpsteen

wetsteen

slijpen

wandelen

wetten

kalibreren

scherp maken

scherpen

slenteren

verfijnen

Synoniemen

sharpen

whet

whetstone

grind

grindstone

develop

improve

hone-stone

sharpening stone

perfect

polish

🇵🇱

strop

burr

edge

file

cultivate

be sharpened

honed

oilstone

stone

🪨

tootle

walk

🚶

wash

🧽

work on

abrase

knife grinder

make keen

polish up

work at

razor strop

burrstone

quernstone

razor-strop

make sharp

razor-sharpener

abrading stone

honing machine

rotten-stone

blade grinder

oil-stone grinder

sickle grinder

oilstone grinder

knife stone

rubberstone

millstone grit

amble

rub stone

boning

brush

brush up

creep

dawdle

dilly-dally

drag one’s feet

lag

millstone

mosey

refine

rub

sand

scour

scrape

set

shamble

shine

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/hoʊn/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English hon (“whetstone”), from Old English hān, from Proto-Germanic *hainō (compare Dutch heen, Norwegian hein), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃i- (“to sharpen”) (compare Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone”), Persian سان (sân, “whetstone”)).