hone

See also høne

English

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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 Greek κώνος (kṓnos) ‘cone’, Persian sān ‘whetstone’).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -əʊn

Noun

hone (plural hones)

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.

Translations

sharpening stone

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 磨刀石 (cmn) (módāoshí)

• Czech: brousek (cs) m
• Finnish: liippakivi (fi)
• French: pierre à aiguiser

• German: Schleifstein (de) m, Wetzstein (de) m
• Japanese: 砥石 (ja) (といし, toishi)
• Russian: оселок (ru) (oselók) m , точильный камень (ru) (točílʹnyj kámenʹ) m , брусок (ru) (brusók) m 
• Swedish: bryne (sv) n, brynsten (sv) c

machine tool

• Finnish: hoonaustyökalu (fi)

• Russian: хон (ru) (xon) m 

Verb

hone (third-person singular simple present hones, present participle honing, simple past and past participle honed)

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

Translations

to sharpen with a hone

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 礪 (cmn), 砺 (cmn) (lì), 磨 (cmn) (mó)

• Dutch: aanzetten (nl), slijpen (nl), scherp maken (nl)
• Finnish: liipata (fi)
• French: aiguiser (fr)

• German: honen (de), feinschleifen (de), ziehschleifen (de)
• Japanese: とぐ (ja) (togu)
• Russian: оттачивать (ru) (ottáčivatʹ)  impf., точить (ru) (točítʹ)  impf., затачивать (ru) (zatáčivatʹ)  impf.
• Swedish: bryna (sv), slipa (sv), skärpa (sv)

to produce a precision bore with a hone

• Dutch: kalibreren (nl)
• Finnish: hoonata (fi)

• Russian: хонинговать (ru) (xoningovátʹ)  impf.

to refine or master a skill

• Czech: pilovat (cs)
• Finnish: hioa (fi)
• German: ausfeilen (de), ausschleifen (de)

• Italian: affinare (it)
• Portuguese: esmerar (pt)
• Russian: оттачивать (ru) (ottáčivatʹ)  impf.
• Swedish: finslipa (sv)

to make more acute, intense or effective

• Dutch: verfijnen (nl)
• Finnish: hioa (fi)

• Portuguese: esmerar (pt)

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Translations to be checked

• French: affiner
• Japanese: 研ぎ澄ます (togisumasu)

See also

• grit
• sandpaper
• steel
• strop
• swarf

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Romanization

hone

1. See ほね