hone
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
Types & categories
- whetstone hypernym
Related & opposite
- hone derivation
Sense 2 verb
sharpen with a hone
hone a knife
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- hone derivation
Sense 3 verb
make perfect or complete
perfect your French in Paris!
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- perfection derivation
- perfecter derivation
- perfectible derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hone |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | whetstone |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hone |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sharpen |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | set |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | perfection |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | perfecter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | perfectible |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | improve |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | optimize |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | polish up |