Hone

[həʊn] or [hon]

Definition

(noun.) a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors.

(verb.) sharpen with a hone; 'hone a knife'.

Edited by Edith--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i.) To pine; to lament; to long.

(n.) A kind of swelling in the cheek.

(n.) A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone.

(v. t.) To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.

Edited by Hugh

Definition

n. a stone of a fine grit for sharpening instruments.—v.t. to sharpen as on a hone.

v.i. to pine moan grieve.

Inputed by Elisabeth