HONE
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Example

She honed her presentation skills through weekly practice sessions.

Definition

An extra-fine sharpening stone for removing a blade’s burr.

  • A machine tool that produces precision bores by honing.

To sharpen with a hone; to whet.

  • To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
  • To refine or master a skill.
  • To make more acute, intense, or effective.

An exclamation expressing sorrow or grief (archaic, dialectal).

  • Equivalent to alas.