English to English
hone
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noun (n)
- a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- A kind of swelling in the cheek.(noun)source: webster1913
- A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- sharpen with a hone(verb.contact)Example:
Hone a knife.
source: wordnet30 - To pine; to lament; to long.(verb)source: webster1913
- To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.(verb)source: webster1913
- To grumble; pine; lament; long.(verb)source: webster1913
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