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How to pronounce hone in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms perfect
Type of amend, better, ameliorate, improve, meliorate
Has types round off, optimise, brush up, optimize, polish, polish up, round
Type Words
Type of whetstone
Type Words
Type of sharpen
Has types set


hone a knife.

Examples of hone

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With so many options, Gig Harbor students are excited to hone in on their paths.
From the thenewstribune.com
Now, they will have to hone and popularize a winning message, and do so quickly.
From the time.com
Must be a pretty quick tracking system to hone in on a 2X2 square with no error.
From the newscientist.com
Many of the programs hone in on students at the start of their academic journey.
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Hone said she found out about the project when Hendrix left her a phone message.
From the kansas.com
Someone may have a variety of talents and there simply isn't time hone them all.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
They immediately hone in on some behaviour that's bound to upset the status quo.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Then there are the daily practice sessions where these men hone their technique.
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Hone Harawira's sister-in-law Stephanie Harawira will seek the selection instead.
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More examples
  • A whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
  • Sharpen with a hone; "hone a knife"
  • Perfect: make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!"
  • Honing is an abrasive machining process that produces a precision surface on a metal workpiece by scrubbing an abrasive stone against it along a controlled path. Honing is primarily used to improve the geometric form of a surface, but may also improve the surface texture.
  • Hu00F4ne is a town and comune (population 1,146) in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy.
  • A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool; A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores; To sharpen with a hone; To use a hone to produce a precision bore; To refine or master (a skill)
  • (Honing) A method of removing metal from a cylinder bore. Honing is less aggressive (removes metal more gradually) than boring. The final step in finishing a cylinder is finish honing, which removes very little metal, and is used primarily to create the proper surface.
  • (Honing) Polishing the inside of a cylinder liner to reduce friction by the piston rings.
  • (Honing) Removing stock generally on the internal cylindrical surface of a workpiece with an abrasive stick mounted in a holder.