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noun
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.
verb
To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
To refine (a skill especially) by learning.
He also honed the procedure known as cut and fill - whereby the spoil from railway cuttings was used to build up embankments.
Huh? Training in your room under the torchlight / Hone that form to get you ready for the big fight
To make more acute, intense, or effective.
noun
A kind of swelling in the cheek.