Meaning

1 senses

  1. To sharpen with a whetstone.

    Near-synonym: hone (verb)

Examples

3 sentences

  1. The blacksmith kept a whetstone beside the forge.

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  2. Tom slid the knife across the whetstone until it was razor-sharp.

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  3. Sand and gravel are stone broken into bits. A whetstone, flint, marble etcetera are ordinary stones.

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Origin

From Middle English whestone, whetston, whetesston, from Old English hwetstān, from Proto-

From Middle English whestone, whetston, whetesston, from Old English hwetstān, from Proto-West Germanic *hwattjastain (“whetstone”). Equivalent to whet (“to sharpen”) + stone.

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Forms

whetstones, whetstoning, whetstoned, whetstoned
Base formwhetstone · to whetstone
3rd person singularwhetstones
Present participlewhetstoning
Past simplewhetstoned
Past participlewhetstoned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywhetstone
he, she, itwhetstones

Past simpleLesson

all personswhetstoned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave whetstoned
he, she, ithas whetstoned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill whetstone

Synonyms

2 synonyms
stoneA1honeB2

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
whetwhetherB1whewwhey
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