Definition of Hone

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Definition of Hone

Hone

To pine; to lament; to long.

A kind of swelling in the cheek.

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.

To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.

To grumble; pine; lament; long.

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Hone Quotations

The main thing experience has taught me is that one has to sort of hone their relationship to time, you know.
John Frusciante

When I doing dinner theater in high school, I was talking to a woman who had been in the business for a while and I said I want to act, that's all I want to do with my life and she said if you're serious then you need to hone every discipline you can.
Blair Underwood

I really believe in myself. I'm the hardest worker I know, and one of the best songwriters. There's a craft to it, and it takes a long time to hone it, and I work really hard at it.
Arthur Godfrey

Throughout the years I have tried to hone my skills to gain mastery over the music in my head.
Kip Winger

The best part of being on a television series for all those years is that you really get to hone your craft.
Steve Kanaly

A fellow who has a funny bone can learn to hone his skills, but I don't think you can develop a funny bone - you either have it or you don't. And by the way - when you get it, we don't know it.
Carl Reiner

Just give me a good role that allows me to hone my craft, and I am a pretty happy camper.
Jimmy Smits

The first thing they were told was how to hone their talent. Then they were told how to market their talent, discipline their talent and type their talent. And then they were told they might as well forget about talent.
Esther B. Fein

Hone Translations

hone in German is feinschleifen, Schleifstein, honen
hone in Spanish is piedra de afilar
hone in Swedish is hena

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