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English to English noun
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a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors |  | source: wordnet30
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A kind of swelling in the cheek. | | source: webster1913
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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. | | source: webster1913
verb
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sharpen with a hone | | Example: hone a knife
source: wordnet30
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make perfect or complete | | Example: perfect your French in Paris!
source: wordnet30
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To pine; to lament; to long. | | source: webster1913
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To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor. | | source: webster1913
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To grumble; pine; lament; long. | | source: webster1913
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