Need another word that means the same as “hone”? Find 9 synonyms and 30 related words for “hone” in this overview.
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The synonyms of “Hone” are: perfect, sharpen, make sharper, make sharp, whet, strop, grind, file, put an edge on
Hone as a Verb
Definitions of "Hone" as a verb
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “hone” as a verb can have the following definitions:
- Give greater strength or firmness to (the body or a part of the body.
- Sharpen with a hone.
- Make perfect or complete.
- Refine or perfect (something) over a period of time.
- Sharpen (a blade.
Synonyms of "Hone" as a verb (9 Words)
| file | Smooth with a file. File one s fingernails. |
| grind | Created by grinding. Grind the spices in a mortar. |
| make sharp | Assure the success of. |
| make sharper | Achieve a point or goal. |
| perfect | Make perfect or complete. Equity will not perfect an imperfect gift. |
| put an edge on | Cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation. |
| sharpen | Raise the pitch of (musical notes. Students will sharpen up their reading skills. |
| strop | Sharpen on or with a strop. Strop razors. |
| whet | Sharpen by rubbing as on a whetstone. The selection of quotations may whet your curiosity to investigate the source material. |
Usage Examples of "Hone" as a verb
- The detectives honed in on the suspect.
- Some of the best players in the world honed their skills playing street football.
- She has been working hard to hone her physique.
- I started to hone in on the problem.
- He was carefully honing the curved blade.
- Hone a knife.
Associations of "Hone" (30 Words)
| abrade | Scrape or wear away by friction or erosion. It was a landscape slowly abraded by a fine stinging dust. |
| abrasive | Sharply disagreeable; rigorous. The refrigerator is easily damaged by abrasives. |
| awl | A small pointed tool used for piercing holes, especially in leather. |
| ax | Chop or split with an ax. Axe wood. |
| behead | Cut off the head of (someone), especially as a form of execution. Mary was beheaded at Fotheringhay. |
| brace | Support or hold steady and make steadfast with or as if with a brace. Thirty brace of grouse. |
| chop | Form or shape by chopping. The pile of chop was dropped into the calves feeder. |
| craft | An aircraft or spaceship. He represented the craft of brewers. |
| crush | Crush or bruise. Crush an aluminum can. |
| drudgery | Hard menial or dull work. Domestic drudgery. |
| finely | With delicate or intricate workmanship or structure. A finely proportioned Gothic church. |
| flour | Convert grain into flour. Manioc flour. |
| grind | Created by grinding. The crunch and grind of bulldozers. |
| grindstone | A thick disc of stone or other abrasive material mounted so as to revolve, used for grinding, sharpening, or polishing metal objects. |
| hammer | Hit or beat something repeatedly with a hammer or similar object. He got hammered for an honest mistake. |
| heighten | Make more intense, stronger, or more marked. The tension heightened. |
| knife | Use a knife on. The victim was knifed to death. |
| mash | Mashed potato. We d let the pot mash for ten minutes. |
| mill | Grind something in a mill. Tourists were milling about in the lobby. |
| millstone | One of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain. |
| pointed | Direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant. Pointed comments were made about racial discrimination within the army. |
| powder | A medicine or drug in the form of powder usually designed to be dissolved in a liquid. Powder skiing. |
| pulverize | Reduce to fine particles. The brick of the villages was pulverized by the bombardment. |
| sharp | The sign indicating a sharp. Fresh goats milk cheese has a slightly sharper flavour than fromage frais. |
| sharpen | Make or become sharp or sharper. Students will sharpen up their reading skills. |
| shatter | Break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces. Everyone was shattered by the news. |
| shred | Reduce documents to unreadable strips by feeding them into a shredder. That girl can shred like Eddie Van Halen. |
| squash | Edible fruit of a squash plant eaten as a vegetable. The proposal was immediately squashed by the Heritage Department. |
| tamp | A tool for tamping e g for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc. He tamped down the tobacco with his thumb. |
| whet | Sharpen by rubbing as on a whetstone. She took out her dagger and began to whet its blade in even rhythmic strokes. |
