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hone

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. hone (verb)
  2. hone (verb)
  3. hone in (verb)

2hone

verb
honedhon·ing

Definition of HONE

transitive verb
1
: to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone
2
: to make more acute, intense, or effective : whet <helped her hone her comic timing — Patricia Bosworth>
— hon·er noun

First Known Use of HONE

1798

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