Search results
- Dictionaryhoned/həʊnd/
adjective
- 1. (of a blade) sharpened: "a honed knife is easier and safer to handle than a dulled, nicked blade"
- 2. having been refined or perfected over a period of time: "a finely honed performance"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
HONED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of hone 2. to make an object sharp: 3. to make something…. Learn more.
1. : to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone. 2. : to make more acute, intense, or effective : whet. helped her hone her comic timing Patricia Bosworth. honer noun. 2 of 3. noun. : whetstone. hone. 3 of 3. verb (2) honed; honing. intransitive verb. 1. dialect : yearn often used with for or after. 2.
to direct something such as an ability to make it more effective: He helps performers hone their skills as dancers and singers.
HONED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of hone 2. to make an object sharp: 3. to make something…. Learn more.
Honed definition: sharpened on a hone or whetstone. See examples of HONED used in a sentence.
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, the verb, literally means to sharpen with a hone, a whetstone used to sharpen cutting tools.
verb. /həʊn/ Verb Forms. to develop and improve something, especially a skill, over a period of time. hone something She honed her debating skills at college. It was a finely honed piece of writing. hone something to something His body was honed to perfection. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
verb (used with object) , honed, hon·ing. to make more acute or effective; improve; perfect: to hone one's skills. to sharpen on a whetstone with a fine, compact texture: to hone a carving knife. to enlarge or finish (a hole) using a precision tool with a mechanically rotated abrasive tip.
verb. /hoʊn/ Verb Forms. to develop and improve something, especially a skill, over a period of time hone something She honed her debating skills at college. It was a finely honed piece of writing. hone something to something His body was honed to perfection. Join us.
noun. 1. a fine whetstone, esp for sharpening razors. 2. a tool consisting of a number of fine abrasive slips held in a machine head, rotated and reciprocated to impart a smooth finish to cylinder bores, etc. verb. 3. (transitive) to sharpen or polish with or as if with a hone.
