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FOR HONE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for FOR HONE?

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Associations of "For hone" (30 Words)

Associations of "For hone" (30 Words)

abrade	Wear away. It was a landscape slowly abraded by a fine stinging dust.
abrasive	Showing little concern for the feelings of others; harsh. Don t use abrasive* kitchen cleaners.*
awl	A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
ax	Chop or split with an ax. Axe wood.
behead	Cut the head of. Mary was beheaded at Fotheringhay.
brace	Support or hold steady and make steadfast with or as if with a brace. Brace your elbows while working on the potter s wheel.
chop	Form or shape by chopping. We started our run into a two foot chop.
craft	An aircraft or spaceship. He crafted the chair lovingly.
crush	The act of crushing. He crushed the paper in his hands.
drudgery	Hard monotonous routine work. Domestic drudgery.
finely	In tiny pieces. We are trying to judge answers too finely.
flour	Convert grain into flour. Flour fish or meat before frying it.
grind	Press or grind with a crushing noise. The slow grind* of the US legal system.*
grindstone	A revolving stone shaped like a disk; used to grind or sharpen or polish edge tools.
hammer	Hit or beat something repeatedly with a hammer or similar object. Maclean was presented with a great chance but he hammered the ball over the bar from 10 yards.
heighten	Increase the height of. Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness.
knife	Use a knife on. A shard of steel knifed through the mainsail.
mash	Crush or smash something to a pulp. The worst thing you can do is mash* the brake pedal.*
mill	Grind something in a mill. Ordinary wool blankets are made by milling a woven wool fabric.
millstone	Each of two circular stones used for grinding grain.
pointed	Having a point. Pointed comments were made about racial discrimination within the army.
powder	A cosmetic in the form of powder applied to a person s face with a brush or soft pad. She powdered her face and put on a dab of perfume.
pulverize	Become powder or dust. He had a winning car and pulverized the opposition.
sharp	Ending in a sharp point. Fresh goats milk cheese has a slightly sharper flavour than fromage frais.
sharpen	Improve or cause to improve. Sharpen the knives.
shatter	Break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces. The wine glass shattered.
shred	Tear into shreds. Executives have shredded key documents.
squash	Edible fruit of a squash plant eaten as a vegetable. A poetry squash* in London.*
tamp	A tool for tamping e g for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc. When the hole was tamped to the top gunpowder was inserted.
whet	Sharpen by rubbing as on a whetstone. He swallowed his two dozen oysters as a whet.