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hone

1  [hohn] noun, verb, honed, hon⋅ing.
–noun
1. a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
2. a precision tool with a mechanically rotated abrasive tip, for enlarging holes to precise dimensions.
–verb (used with object)
3. to sharpen on a hone: to hone a carving knife.
4. to enlarge or finish (a hole) with a hone.
5. to make more acute or effective; improve; perfect: to hone one's skills.
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Origin:
bef. 950; ME (n.); OE hān stone, rock; c. ON hein hone; akin to cone

Related forms:
honer, noun
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hone

2  [hohn]
–verb (used without object), honed, hon⋅ing.
1. South Midland and Southern U.S. to yearn; long: to hone for the farm life; to hone after peach pie.
2. Archaic. to moan and groan.
Origin:
1590–1600; < AF *honer; OF hogner to grumble, growl < Gmc; cf. OS hōnian to abuse, revile
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hone 1   (hōn)   
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(s):
hone in

  1. To move or advance toward a target or goal: The missiles honed in on the military installation.

  2. To direct one's attention; focus: The lawyer honed in on the gist of the plaintiff's testimony.


[Middle English, from Old English hān, stone; see kō- in Indo-European roots. Hone in, alteration of home in.]
hone 2   (hōn)   
intr.v.   honed, hon·ing, hones Informal

  1. To whine or moan.

  2. To hanker; yearn.


[Obsolete French hoigner, from Old French, perhaps from hon, cry of discontent.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

hone  (n.)
O.E. han "stone, rock," in M.E. "whetstone" (c.1325), from P.Gmc. *khaino (cf. O.N. hein "hone"). The verb is 1788, from the noun.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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