hone
A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from…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.
» Tom wanted to hone his skills as a photographer.
Том хотел отточить своё мастерство фотографа. — shanghainese
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3 sensesA 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.
Schleifstein, Wetzstein
осело́кoselók, точильный ка́меньtočilʹnyj kámenʹ, брусо́кbrusók
брусbrus, осла́oslá
a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
хонxon
a tool consisting of a number of fine abrasive slips held in a machine head, rotated and reciprocated to impart a smooth finish to cylinder bores, etc.
A kind of swelling in the cheek.
Examples
20 sentencesTom wanted to hone his skills as a photographer.
ruТом хотел отточить своё мастерство фотографа. — shanghainese
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. — shanghainese
Hone your skills.
Yuri honed his public speaking skills.
I'm trying to hone my skills.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English hon (“whetstone”), from Old English hān, from Proto-Germanic *hainō (cFrom 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”)).
Cognate with Icelandic hnúður. Distantly related to knot.
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