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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.

Origin:
bef. 950; ME (n.); OE hān stone, rock; c. ON hein hone; akin to cone

Related forms:

honer, noun

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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hone¹ (hōn)

tr.v. honed, hon·ing, hones

To sharpen on a fine-grained whetstone.
To perfect or make more intense or effective: a speaker who honed her delivery by long practice.

Phrasal Verb(s):
hone in

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

hone² (hōn)

intr.v. honed, hon·ing, hones Informal

[Obsolete French hoigner, from Old French, perhaps from hon, cry of discontent.]

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