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

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Associations of "Honed" (30 Words)

abrade	Rub hard or scrub. It was a landscape slowly abraded by a fine stinging dust.
abrasive	Showing little concern for the feelings of others; harsh. An abrasive character.
awl	A small pointed tool used for piercing holes, especially in leather.
ax	Chop or split with an ax. The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it.
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. He stood with legs braced.
chop	Form or shape by chopping. They chopped off all her hair.
craft	An aircraft or spaceship. A beautifully crafted object.
crush	Crush or bruise. I was crushed was I not good enough.
drudgery	Hard monotonous routine work. Domestic drudgery.
finely	With a very sharp point. A rod of finely sharpened iron.
flour	Cover with flour. Manioc flour.
grind	Created by grinding. He keeps me awake at night grinding his teeth.
grindstone	A thick disc of stone or other abrasive material mounted so as to revolve, used for grinding, sharpening, or polishing metal objects.
hammer	Create by hammering. Hammer the silver into a bowl.
heighten	Make more intense, stronger, or more marked. The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars.
knife	Stab someone with a knife. The victim was knifed to death.
mash	A mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water used in brewing. Mash the garlic.
mill	Grind something in a mill. Mill a coin.
millstone	Each of two circular stones used for grinding grain.
pointed	Having a point. A pointed allusion to what was going on.
powder	Apply cosmetic powder to the face or body. She applied lipstick and powder.
pulverize	Reduce to fine particles. The brick of the villages was pulverized by the bombardment.
sharp	Of a key having a sharp or sharps in the signature. The road twists sharply after the light.
sharpen	Make sharp or sharper. They ve got to sharpen up in front of the goal.
shatter	Break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces. The window was shattered by a stone.
shred	Tear or cut into shreds. He really can shred that guitar.
squash	Edible fruit of a squash plant eaten as a vegetable. The mournful sound did nothing to squash her high spirits.
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. The selection of quotations may whet your curiosity to investigate the source material.