sharpen+on+a+hone
11hone — [v] sharpen acuminate, edge, file, grind, make sharp, put an edge on, put a point on, whet; concepts 137,250 …
12sharpen — [v] make knifelike acuminate, dress, edge, file, grind, hone, make acute, make sharp, put an edge on, put a point on, sharp, stroke, strop, taper, whet; concepts 137,250 Ant. blunt, dull …
13hone — ► VERB 1) sharpen with a whetstone. 2) make sharper or more focused or efficient. ► NOUN ▪ a whetstone. ORIGIN Old English, «stone» …
14hone — [[t]ho͟ʊn[/t]] hones, honing, honed 1) VERB 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. [V n] Leading companies spend… …
15hone — /hoʊn / (say hohn) noun 1. a whetstone of fine, compact texture, especially one for sharpening razors. –verb (t) (honed, honing) 2. to sharpen on or as on a hone: to hone a razor. 3. to cut back, trim. 4. to improve by careful attention or… …
16sharpen — verb 1) sharpen the carving knife Syn: hone, whet, strop, grind, file 2) the players are sharpening their skills Syn: improve, brush up, polish up, better, enhance; hone, fine tune …
17hone — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. sharpen, whet, grind. See sharpness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. point, smooth, set; see sharpen 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. sharpen, file, whet, grind. IV (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To give …
18sharpen — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make keen] Syn. grind, file, hone, put an edge on, grind to a fine edge, hone to a razor edge, make sharp, make acute, whet, strop, give an edge to, put a point on, give a fine point to. Ant. flatten*, thicken, turn. 2.… …
19hone — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hān stone; akin to Old Norse hein whetstone, Latin cot , cos, Sanskrit śiśāti he whets Date: 14th century whetstone II. transitive verb (honed; honing) Date: 1798 1. to sharpen or …
20hone — n. & v. n. 1 a whetstone, esp. for razors. 2 any of various stones used as material for this. v.tr. sharpen on or as on a hone. Etymology: OE han stone f. Gmc …
