Synonyms for hone
hoʊnhone

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1. honeverb

   a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors

2. honeverb

   sharpen with a hone

   "hone a knife"

   Synonyms:
   perfect

3. perfect, honeverb

   make perfect or complete

   "perfect your French in Paris!"

   Synonyms:
   perfect

Matched Categories

1. • Improve
   • Sharpen

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1. honenoun

   Synonyms:
   oilstone

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1. List of paraphrases for "hone":

   refinish, refine, rectify, sharpen, ream

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How to use hone in a sentence?

1. Ashton Eaton:

   Athletes spend the most vigorous years of human life, arguably called the ‘ best years ’, working to hone their abilities, i ’m grateful and thankful to the IAAF( governing body) for excellent competitions, the canvases that allow us to display our work.

2. Haskell Garrett:

   We didn’t hone in on our opponent, we honed in on looking at us as a unit, as a whole team, just really focusing on ourselves and making the best of ourselves.

3. Donald Trump:

   You know, if he becomes the nominee, he'll have to sort of hone his criticisms a little more finely because the facts will be easy to marshal, but you know, he's good at this, that's what he does. And the people that he is telling it to now basically have only heard that story, so they believe it and it's probably good politics for him.

4. Glenn Whipp:

   They've really tried to hone the universality of the film.

5. Ankahi Baatein:

   Jeeta Hu Magar Jeeta Bhi Nahi.......... Marta Hu Magar Marta Bhi Nahi........... Tere Gam ME Phanaa Hone Ke Liye..... Peeta Hoon Me Zahar...........