B2verb · transitive · rare

hone

hone · hones · honed · honing

вдосконалювати, вдосконалити, удосконалити

оттачивать, точить, затачивать, хонинговать

honen, verfeinern, ausfeilen, ausschleifen

To sharpen with a honeTo sharpen with a hone; to whet.

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UK/həʊn/US/hoʊn/

» Tom wanted to hone his skills as a photographer.

Том хотел отточить своё мастерство фотографа.

Meaning

6 senses

(transitive)To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
honen, feinschleifen, ziehschleifen
отта́чиватьottáčivatʹ, точи́тьtočítʹ, зата́чиватьzatáčivatʹ
sharpen with a hone
(transitive)To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
хонингова́тьxoningovátʹ
(transitive)To refine (a skill especially) by learning.
ausfeilen, ausschleifen
отта́чиватьottáčivatʹ
To make more acute, intense, or effective.
verfeinern
make perfect or complete
(Southern US, UK, US, dialectal, intransitive)To grumble.
(Southern US, UK, US, dialectal)To pine, lament, or long.

Examples

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Tom wanted to hone his skills as a photographer.
ruТом хотел отточить своё мастерство фотографа.
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To be a good translator, I think Tom needs to hone his skills a bit more.
ruЧтобы быть хорошим переводчиком, по-моему, Тому нужно еще чуть-чуть поупражняться.
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Hone your skills.
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Yuri honed his public speaking skills.
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I'm trying to hone my skills.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

to sharpen with a hone:

to produce a precision bore with a hone:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

to sharpen with a hone:

to refine or master a skill:

to make more acute, intense or effective:

Origin

From Middle English hon (“whetstone”), from Old English hān, from Proto-Germanic *hainō (c

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”)).

French hogner (“to grumble”), which could be a cross of honnir (“to disgrace, shame”) and grogner (“to grunt”).

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