hone

verb

Definition of HONE

to make sharp or sharper <honed the knife's blade to razor-like sharpness> <honed his crossword-puzzle skills by reading the dictionary as though it were a thrilling novel>

Synonyms edge, grind, hone, stone, strop, whet

Related Words file

Near Antonyms buff, burnish, gloss, polish, round, smooth

Antonyms blunt, dull

to make smooth by friction <honed the edge of the axe until it was amazingly sharp>

Synonyms buff, file, hone, rasp, rub, sand

Related Words plane, scrape; sandblast, scour; burnish, dress, gloss, polish, shine, smooth; edge, hone, sharpen, strop, whet; regrind

Near Antonyms coarsen, rough (up), roughen, scuff

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