Definitions for hones

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hones hone

Spelling: [hohn]

IPA: /hoʊn/

Hones is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 55 anagrams from letters in hones (ehnos).

Definitions for hones

noun

1. a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
2. a precision tool with a mechanically rotated abrasive tip, for enlarging holes to precise dimensions.

verb (used with object)

1. to sharpen on a hone:
2. to enlarge or finish (a hole) with a hone.
3. to make more acute or effective; improve; perfect:

verb (used without object)

1. South Midland and Southern U.S. to yearn; long:
2. Archaic. to moan and groan.

Origin of hones

before 950; Middle English (noun); Old English hān stone, rock; cognate with Old Norse hein hone; akin to cone

Examples for hones

There were at least a thousand persons present on the occasion of hones visit.

hones folks wouldn give ole Black Strap dat amoun uv money fo dat lilly bitty ride less dey was suthin fishy.

Say, hones', I never seen nothin' like it--'twere so blandiferous!

I've been hones' with both of ye, and ye've been hones' with me.

I guess Miss Jean hones for them white pillars, many a day—they sorter stand for old times.

He strips out all the context and goes for simplicity; she hones in on the problem with a focus that is never myopic.

Creative writing in Room 205 hones my literary skills like a lathe.

hones' we could 'a' killed 'em with a hammer an' done it delib'rit.

Cefn Rhiwabon yields sandstone (for hones) and millstone grit.

Course, schools he'p some, but looks lak all mos' o' de young'n's is studyin' 'bout is how to git out o' hones' labor.