sharpen the edge of a tool
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Honing Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(p]. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hone
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. Aboutof Hone
Noun
1. a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
(hypernym) whetstone
Verb
1. sharpen with a hone; "hone a knife"
(hypernym) sharpen
(hyponym) set
2. make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!"
(synonym) perfect
(hypernym) better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
(hyponym) optimize, optimise
Honing Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
Honing Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Honing may refer to:
- Honing (metalworking), machining a surface by scrubbing an abrasive stone against it
- Sharpening edged tools with a manual hone
- Henkjan Honing (born 1959), Dutch musician
- Honing, Norfolk, English village
- Playing Heroes of Newerth
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