hone – Wiktionary

hone – Wiktionary
See also: Hone, honě, Hōne,and høne

English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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 Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone”), Persian سان‎ (sân, “whetstone”)).

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Noun[edit]

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.
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Verb[edit]

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

  1. To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
  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.
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Translations[edit]

to produce a precision bore with a hone

  • Danish: kalibrere
  • Dutch: kalibreren(nl)
  • Finnish: hoonata(fi)laahia
  • Russian: хонингова́ть(ru)impf (xoningovátʹ)

to make more acute, intense or effective

  • Bulgarian: наточвам(bg)(natočvam)
  • Danish: forfine
  • Dutch: verfijnen(nl)
  • Finnish: hioa(fi)
  • Portuguese: esmerar(pt)

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Etymology 2[edit]

Cognate with Icelandic hnúður.

Noun[edit]

hone (plural hones)

  1. A kind of swelling in the cheek.
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Etymology 3[edit]

French hogner (“to grumble”).

Verb[edit]

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

Etymology 4[edit]

Interjection[edit]

hone

  1. alas

    Synonym of

    Used to express sorrow, or grief

    • 1836, Joanna Baillie, Witchcraft, Act 4, page 141

      Oh, hone! oh, hone! miserable wretch that I am! Do ye mak confession for me, Sir, and I’ll say ‘t after you, as weel as I dow. Oh, hone! oh, hone!

Cimbrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

( This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly : “ expected form from * hunagą would be * honig, also neuter not masc ” )

Noun[edit]

hone m

  1. (Luserna) honey

    süaz azpi dar hone

    as sweet as honey

References[edit]

  • Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

hone

  1. ほねRōmaji transcription of

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English hān, from Proto-Germanic *hainō (“whetstone”).

Noun[edit]

hone

  1. hone (whetstone)
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Etymology 2[edit]

Probably of Celtic origin. Compare Old Irish úan, ón (“loan, lending”) (Irish uain (“loan, time, leisure”)), Scottish Gaelic on, oin (“loan, laziness”).

Noun[edit]

hone (uncountable)

  1. (

    Northern, North Midland

    ) delay, hesitation

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