hone

Meaning

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. (transitive) To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
2. (transitive) To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
3. (transitive) To refine (a skill especially) by learning.
4. To make more acute, intense, or effective.

Verb

1. (Southern-US, UK, US, dialectal, intransitive) To grumble.
2. (Southern-US, UK, US, dialectal) To pine, lament, or long.

Intj

Synonym of alas Used to express sorrow, or grief

Synonyms

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

Translations

aiguiser

affiler

affûter

Schleifstein

afilar

honen

feinschleifen

aanzetten

piedra de afilar

esmerar

afiar

Wetzstein

aperfeiçoar

schärfen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hoʊn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: hon

Inherited from Old English: hān

Cognate with Dutch: heen

Cognate with Norwegian: hein

Cognate with Ancient Greek: κῶνος

Cognate with Persian: سان

Cognate with Icelandic: hnúður

In summary

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”)).