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- Dictionaryhoned/həʊnd/
adjective
- 1. (of a blade) sharpened: "a honed knife is easier and safer to handle than a dulled, nicked blade"
- 2. having been refined or perfected over a period of time: "a finely honed performance"
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HONED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of hone 2. to make an object sharp: 3. to make something…. Learn more.
HONED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of hone 2. to make an object sharp: 3. to make something…. Learn more.
HONE definition: 1. to make an object sharp: 2. to make something perfect or completely suitable for its purpose…. Learn more.
Honed definition: sharpened on a hone or whetstone. See examples of HONED used in a sentence.
to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone; to make more acute, intense, or effective : whet… See the full definition
n. 1. A fine-grained whetstone for giving a keen edge to a cutting tool. 2. A tool with a rotating abrasive tip for enlarging holes to precise dimensions. tr.v. honed, hon·ing, hones. 1. To sharpen on a fine-grained whetstone. 2. To perfect or make more intense or effective: a speaker who honed her delivery by long practice. Phrasal Verb:
verb. /həʊn/ Verb Forms. to develop and improve something, especially a skill, over a period of time. hone something She honed her debating skills at college. It was a finely honed piece of writing. hone something to something His body was honed to perfection. Definitions on the go.
Hone definition: to make more acute or effective; improve; perfect. See examples of HONE used in a sentence.
honed in British English. (həʊnd ) adjective. 1. highly developed. His body is honed and kept in trim with constant exercise. 2. sharpened. a thin, honed blade.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English hone /həʊn $ hoʊn/ verb [transitive] 1 to improve your skill at doing something, especially when you are already very good at it He set about honing his skills as a draughtsman. finely honed (=extremely well-developed) intuition 2 formal to make knives, swords etc sharp SYN sharpen → See Verb table...