hone

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I - noun

a whetstone made of fine gritstone;
used for sharpening razors
• Hypernyms:
whetstone

II - verb

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