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- Dictionaryhone/həʊn/
verb
- 1. sharpen (a blade): "he was carefully honing the curved blade"
- 2. refine or perfect (something) over a period of time: "some of the best players in the world honed their skills playing street football"
noun
- 1. a whetstone, especially one used to sharpen razors.
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HONE definition: 1. to make an object sharp: 2. to make something perfect or completely suitable for its purpose…. Learn more.
The meaning of HONE is to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone. How to use hone in a sentence.
to direct something such as an ability to make it more effective: He helps performers hone their skills as dancers and singers.
The verb hone means to sharpen skills. When you practice shooting baskets every day after school, you are honing your skills as a basketball player.
Hone definition: to make more acute or effective; improve; perfect. See examples of HONE used in a sentence.
If you hone something, for example a skill, technique, idea, or product, you carefully develop it over a long period of time so that it is exactly right for your purpose.
hone something (to something) to make a knife or other tool sharp or sharper synonym sharpen. The knife had been honed to razor sharpness. The hook should be honed to a needle-sharp point.
HONE definition: to improve something and make it perfect: . Learn more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English hone /həʊn $ hoʊn/ verb [ transitive] 1 to improve your skill at doing something, especially when you are already very good at it He set about honing his skills as a draughtsman. finely honed (=extremely well-developed) intuition 2 formal to make knives, swords etc sharp SYN sharpen → See Verb tabl...
n. 1. A fine-grained whetstone for giving a keen edge to a cutting tool. 2. A tool with a rotating abrasive tip for enlarging holes to precise dimensions. tr.v. honed, hon·ing, hones. 1. To sharpen on a fine-grained whetstone. 2. To perfect or make more intense or effective: a speaker who honed her delivery by long practice. Phrasal Verb:
