hone
a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors • Hypernyms: whetstone
1. sharpen with a hone - hone a knife • Hypernyms: sharpen • Hyponyms: set • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something 2. make perfect or complete - perfect your French in Paris! • Syn: perfect • Derivationally related forms: perfectible (for: perfect), perfection (for: perfect), perfecter (for: perfect) • Hypernyms: better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate • Hyponyms: optimize, optimise, polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something
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