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    [Verb]  | "hone" | \ ˈhōn \


    1: to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone

    2: to make more acute, intense, or effective : whet


    Origin: 1788 ;

     See: ;

    [Verb]  | "hone" 


    1: yearn —often used with for or after

    2: grumble, moan


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle French hoigner to grumble;

    [Verb]  | "hone in" 


    1: to move toward or focus attention on an objective


    Origin: 1965 ;

     Alteration of home in;

    [Noun]  | "hone" 


    1: whetstone


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English hān stone; akin to Old Norse hein whetstone, Latin cot-, cos, Sanskrit śiśāti he whets;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "hone in on" 


    1: to find and go directly toward (someone or something) —usually used figuratively

    [Verb]  | "hone" 


    1: to make sharp or sharper;


      * e.g., " ... honed the knife's blade to razor-like sharpness "





    2: to make smooth by friction;


      * e.g., " ... honed the edge of the axe until it was amazingly sharp "



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    [Verb]  | "hone in (on)" 


    1: as in set, home (in on);


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     [ "hone" ]

    1: abbreviation for honestly/honest

      * e.g.,  ... "he is so marv hone" 

     [ "hone" ]

    1: n. hone honing honed honeable

      * e.g.,  ...  He will hone some random girls this weekend. 


     [ "hone" ]

    2:  The act of sex or sexual intercorse. A tool with a rotating abrasive tip for enlarging holes to precise dimensions.

      * e.g.,  ...  Do you think they are going to hone? 

     [ "hone" ]

    1:  being amazingly awesome at something, so much so that you absolutely woop-ass at it.

      * e.g.,  ...  i will hone that physics test 


     [ "hone" ]

    2:  can also be used to say that you owned somebody at a particular activity.

      * e.g.,  ...  he totally honed you! 

     [ "hone" ]

    1: To invade somebody's personal space, property, or agenda.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, he's so honing in on your girl. 


     [ "hone" ]

    2: i.e. girlfriend.

      * e.g.,  ... I can tell by how he talks, he's trying to hone in on my girl. 

     [ "hone" ]

    1: To ditch or bail out on; to call out. Any act that is considered socially unexceptable. An act that causes one to be temporarily or permanentally rejected by one's social group depending on the severity of the 'hone.' If someone does the said action enough times they would be known as a "honer."

      * e.g.,  ... 1) Instead of coming to the movies with us, she decided to go see her boyfriend...what a honer!? 

     [ "Hone" ]

    1: To improve or perfect, usually regarding a skill.

      * e.g.,  ... My keyboarding abilities were honed in that online computer game. 

     [ "Hone" ]

    1: A hot or incredibly attractive person. Used primarily on Australian streets to alert friends of a sexy passerby.

      * e.g.,  ... Dayum Africa, that bitch be a hone. 

     [ "Hone" ]

    1: Hone is the next name in the central pacific tropical cyclone naming list, the name has been used for several jokes due to the fact this name has been waiting to be used for nearly 1000 days

      * e.g.,  ... if i hear one more Hone joke i'm going to go mental 

     [ "Honed" ]

    1: Of exceptional quality or beauty, or otherwise acute, intense, or effective. Used briefly in Southern California youth culture in the late 70's and early 80's, possibly among the skater community.

      * e.g.,  ... That bike is honed. That jump was completely honed. 

     [ "Hone" ]

    1: special people; Used in any context

      * e.g.,  ... EMMA PEACE LOVE HONES 

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