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- Dictionaryhoned/həʊnd/
adjective
- 1. (of a blade) sharpened: "a honed knife is easier and safer to handle than a dulled, nicked blade"
- 2. having been refined or perfected over a period of time: "a finely honed performance"
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HONED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of hone 2. to make an object sharp: 3. to make something…. Learn more.
to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone; to make more acute, intense, or effective : whet… See the full definition
Synonyms for HONED: sharpened, sharp, cutting, edged, ground, trenchant, keen, jagged; Antonyms of HONED: dull, blunt, smooth, rounded, dulled, blunted, soft, obtuse
HONE definition: 1. to make an object sharp: 2. to make something perfect or completely suitable for its purpose…. Learn more.
1. To move or advance toward a target or goal: The missiles honed in on the military installation. 2. To focus the attention or make progress achieving an objective: The lawyer honed in on the gist of the plaintiff's testimony.
If you hone something, for example a skill, technique, idea, or product, you carefully develop it over a long period of time so that it is exactly right for your purpose. Leading companies spend time and money on honing the skills of senior managers.
Use hone to describe someone working hard, perfecting or sharpening skills, as in "She is honing her skills as an actress by working in community theater." Hone, which rhymes with phone, is from the Old English word, han, meaning "stone, rock." Definitions of hone. verb. sharpen with a hone.
to make something perfect or completely suitable for its purpose: be honed to perfection His physique was honed to perfection. Her debating skills were honed in the students ' union. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making things better.
honed in British English. (həʊnd ) adjective. 1. highly developed. His body is honed and kept in trim with constant exercise. 2. sharpened. a thin, honed blade.
1. : to sharpen (something, such as a knife) with a stone. hone a blade. 2. : to make (something, such as a skill) better or more effective. She honed her language skills by reading and writing every day.
