hone

Meanings

1. A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
2. A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.

1. To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
2. To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
3. To refine (a skill especially) by learning.
4. To make more acute, intense, or effective.

1. A kind of swelling in the cheek.

1. To grumble.
2. To pine, lament, or long.

1. Synonym of alas Used to express sorrow, or grief

1. A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English hon (“whetstone”), from Old English hān, from Proto-Germanic *hainō (compare Dutch heen, Norwegian hein), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃i- (“to sharpen”) (compare Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone”), Persian سان (sân, “whetstone”)).