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hone
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hone
v.
sharpen the edge of a tool
n.
stone for sharpening tools, whetstone
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Hône
Honing (metalworking)
Honing is an abrasive machining process that produces a precision surface on a metal workpiece by scrubbing an abrasive stone against it along a controlled path. Honing is primarily used to improve the geometric form of a surface, but may also improve the surface texture.
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hone
Noun
1. a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
(hypernym) whetstone
Verb
1. sharpen with a hone; "hone a knife"
(hypernym) sharpen
(hyponym) set
2. make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!"
(synonym) perfect
(hypernym) better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
(hyponym) optimize, optimise
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hone
Czas.
udoskonalać (do czegoś); (na)ostrzyć
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Hone
(v. t.)
To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.
To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.
(v. i.)
To pine; to lament; to long.
To pine; to lament; to long.
(n.)
A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone.
A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone.
(n.)
A kind of swelling in the cheek.
A kind of swelling in the cheek.
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