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hone
Overview of noun hone
The noun hone has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. hone -- (a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors)
Overview of verb hone
The verb hone has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. hone -- (sharpen with a hone; "hone a knife")
2. perfect, hone -- (make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hone
1 sense of hone
Sense 1
hone
=> whetstone
=> stone
=> building material
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun hone
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hone
1 sense of hone
Sense 1
hone
=> whetstone
Antonyms of noun hone
Member Holonyms of noun hone
Substance Holonyms of noun hone
Part Holonyms of noun hone
Member Meronyms of noun hone
Substance Meronyms of noun hone
Part Meronyms of noun hone
Meronyms of noun hone
Holonyms of noun hone
Attributes of noun hone
Derived Forms of noun hone
1 sense of hone
Sense 1
hone
RELATED TO>(verb) hone#1
=> hone
Domain of noun hone
Domain Terms of noun hone
Familiarity of noun hone
hone used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun hone
1 sense of hone
Sense 1
hone
> whetstone
=> hone
=> oilstone
Meronyms of noun hone
1 sense of hone
Sense 1
hone
=> whetstone
=> stone
=> building material
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun hone
Grep of noun hone
acoustic gramophone
allophone
capacitor microphone
cardioid microphone
cellphone
cellular phone
cellular telephone
chordophone
condenser microphone
crystal microphone
desk phone
dial phone
dial telephone
diaphone
dictaphone
directional microphone
earphone
extension phone
french telephone
gramophone
headphone
heckelphone
homophone
hone
honegger
honest woman
honestness
honesty
honey
honey-flower
honey badger
honey bear
honey bell
honey berry
honey bun
honey buzzard
honey cake
honey crisp
honey eater
honey fungus
honey gland
honey guide
honey locust
honey mesquite
honey mushroom
honey oil
honey plant
honeybee
honeybells
honeycomb
honeycomb tripe
honeycreeper
honeydew
honeydew melon
honeyed words
honeyflower
honeymoon
honeymoon resort
honeymooner
honeypot
honeysucker
honeysuckle
honeysuckle family
hydromorphone
interphone
megaphone
membranophone
microphone
mobile phone
orinasal phone
pay-phone
persephone
phone
polyphone
radio-gramophone
radiophone
radiotelephone
rhone
saxophone
shoshone
sousaphone
speakerphone
telephone
tisiphone
vibraphone
wireless telephone
xylophone
Antonyms of verb hone
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb hone
2 senses of hone
Sense 1
hone
=> sharpen
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
perfect, hone
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb hone
2 senses of hone
Sense 1
hone
=> set
Sense 2
perfect, hone
=> optimize, optimise
=> polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb hone
2 senses of hone
Sense 1
hone
=> sharpen
Sense 2
perfect, hone
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
'Cause To' of verb hone
Derived Forms of verb hone
1 of 2 senses of hone
Sense 1
hone
RELATED TO>(noun) hone#1
=> hone
Domain of verb hone
Domain Terms of verb hone
Familiarity of verb hone
hone used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb hone
2 senses of hone
Sense 1
hone
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
perfect, hone
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb hone
2 senses of hone
Sense 1
hone
> sharpen
=> strap
=> edge
=> strop
=> whet
=> hone
Sense 2
perfect, hone
> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage
=> help, aid
=> regenerate, revitalize
=> enrich
=> build up, develop
=> turn around
=> help
=> upgrade
=> condition
=> emend
=> iron out, straighten out, put right
=> enhance
=> repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
=> reform
=> reform
=> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
=> build
=> perfect, hone
=> polish, refine, fine-tune, down
=> purify, sublimate, make pure, distill
=> fructify
=> raise, lift
=> advance
=> upgrade
=> educate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb hone
Sense 1
hone
=> sharpen
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Sense 2
perfect, hone
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
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Grep of verb hone
cell phone
hone
honey
honeycomb
honeymoon
phone
telephone
Grep of adj hone
honest
honest-to-god
honest-to-goodness
honey
honey-colored
honey-coloured
honey-scented
honeycombed
honeyed
honeylike
Grep of adv hone
honestly
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