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

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Associations of "Honing" (30 Words)

abrade	Wear away. It was a landscape slowly abraded by a fine stinging dust.
abrasive	A substance that abrades or wears down. 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. A neck brace.
chop	Form or shape by chopping. The pile of chop was dropped into the calves feeder.
craft	An aircraft or spaceship. Art and craft.
crush	The act of crushing. A labourer was crushed to death by a lorry.
drudgery	Hard menial or dull work. Domestic drudgery.
finely	With a very sharp point. Finely chopped almonds.
flour	Cover with flour. Flour fish or meat before frying it.
grind	Make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together. Only the right grind gives you all the fine flavour.
grindstone	A thick disc of stone or other abrasive material mounted so as to revolve, used for grinding, sharpening, or polishing metal objects.
hammer	The sport of throwing a hammer. They hammered St Mirren 4 0.
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. A bucket of mash.
mill	Grind with a mill. Mill a coin.
millstone	Each of two circular stones used for grinding grain.
pointed	(of a remark or look) expressing criticism in a direct and unambiguous way. His face tapers to a pointed chin.
powder	Apply cosmetic powder to the face or body. Then the rose petals are dried and powdered.
pulverize	Become powder or dust. Pulverize the grains.
sharp	The sign indicating a sharp. Her sharp eyes missed nothing.
sharpen	Put (an image) into focus. Her tone sharpened.
shatter	Upset (someone) greatly. The news of her husband s death shattered her life.
shred	Reduce documents to unreadable strips by feeding them into a shredder. We have not a shred of evidence to go on.
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. He tamped down the tobacco with his thumb.
whet	Sharpen by rubbing as on a whetstone. He swallowed his two dozen oysters as a whet.