hone

Plural: hones

Noun

a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
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.
A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
A kind of swelling in the cheek.

Verb

Verb Forms: honed, honing, hones

To sharpen a blade or refine a skill.
sharpen with a hone
- "hone a knife"
make perfect or complete
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.
To grumble.
To pine, lament, or long.

Intj

Synonym of alas Used to express sorrow, or grief

Examples

She continued to hone her Scrabble strategy, consistently finding new high-scoring words.

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

Synonyms

perfect, alas Used to express sorrow, or grief

Scrabble Score: 7

hone: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hone: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hone: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

hone: valid Words With Friends Word