Word "HONE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
make perfect or complete
Synonyms:
perfect

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
sharpen with a hone
Examples:
hone a knife

Crossword Clues for HONE

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Sharpen Newsday 24 Aug 2025
Sharpen, as a skill
Sharpen Wall Street Journal 14 Jul 2025
Sharpen The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 14 Jul 2025
Improve gradually Newsday 13 Jul 2025
Smooth with a whetstone New York Times 13 Jul 2025
Improve Newsday 10 Jul 2025
Sharpen, as a skill
Sharpen, as skills New York Times 17 Jun 2025
Sharpen Universal 15 Jun 2025
Sharpen, as a skill Newsday 10 Jun 2025
Hato -, St John charity (4)
Polish, as skills
Fine-tune, as a skill
Sharpen Puzzler Backwords 06 May 2025
Sharpen, as skills Newsday 30 Apr 2025
Perfect sweetener - almost (4)
Sharpen New York Times 29 Apr 2025
Perfect over time Universal 21 Apr 2025
Sharpen, as a skill
Sharpen Commuter 24 Mar 2025
Sharpen new garden tool outside (4) Puzzler Cryptic 24 Mar 2025
Perfect, as a skill Universal 23 Mar 2025
Sweetheart mostly is perfect (4)
Hard one to sharpen (4)
Put an edge on hard individual (4)
Sharpening stone (4)
Sharpen Newsday 11 Feb 2025
Sharpen, like skills
Sharpen on stone
Sharpen section of teeth on edges (4)
Sharpen; improve (skills) The Times Concise 18 Jan 2025
Sharpen, as a skill
Sharpen Universal 12 Jan 2025
Perfect over time New York Times 04 Jan 2025
Sharpen by whetting on a stone
A hot individual can sharpen things up (4)
Sharpen, as a skill (rhymes with "phone")
Sharpen Wall Street Journal 05 Dec 2024
Sharpen Thomas Joseph 05 Dec 2024
... Heke, influential chief (4)
Sharpen with whetstone (4)
A hot one; and that's flat! (4)
Fine-tune The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 12 Nov 2024
Sharpen Thomas Joseph 06 Nov 2024
Sharpen Wall Street Journal 04 Nov 2024
Make sharper USA Today 03 Nov 2024
Sharpen Wall Street Journal 14 Oct 2024
Sharpen Wall Street Journal 21 Sep 2024
Sharpen Wall Street Journal 14 Sep 2024
Whet, sharpen Puzzler Backwords 10 Sep 2024
Whetstone for sharpening
Get ready, as a machete
Take a strop to LA Times Daily 11 Aug 2024
Sharpen Wall Street Journal 05 Aug 2024
Sharpen, as a sword's edge Family Time 04 Aug 2024
Here's a hard one, and that's flat! (4)
Polish individual on horse The Sun Two Speed 13 Jul 2024
Sharpen The Sun Two Speed 13 Jul 2024
A flat stone and a hot one
Put on edge, he holds on (4)
Sharpen(4)
Most of what bees make is perfect (4)
Sharpen, as a skill
Elevate, as effectiveness Newsday 29 Jun 2024
Refine New York Times 26 Jun 2024
Strengthen, as skills (rhymes with "tone")
Sharpen USA Today 01 Jun 2024
Sharpen, like a sword or a skill USA Today 30 May 2024
Polish, as skills
Make sharp LA Times Daily 22 May 2024
Sharpen, like skills USA Today 20 May 2024
Make sharp Premier Sunday 05 May 2024
Give an edge LA Times Daily 27 Apr 2024
Sharpen Puzzler Backwords 18 Apr 2024
Refine hair oil? Not essential at the outset (4)
Sharpen Universal 15 Apr 2024
Sharpen, as a blade LA Times Daily 15 Apr 2024
Sharpen, as a skill
A hot one can put an edge on things (4)
Sharpen, as a skill
Sharpen Newsday 24 Mar 2024
Sharpen on smooth stone (4)
Perfect Wall Street Journal 21 Mar 2024
Polish, as skills
Improve by refinement Newsday 02 Mar 2024
Sharpen Thomas Joseph 27 Feb 2024
Sharpen Wall Street Journal 24 Feb 2024
Give an edge to Wall Street Journal 22 Feb 2024
Whet Puzzler Backwords 16 Feb 2024
Whetsone (4)
Make more acute, keen, or effective (4)
Make sharper as a knife
Fine-tune LA Times Daily 04 Feb 2024
Sharpen hard individual (4)
Sharpen Thomas Joseph 01 Feb 2024
Sharpen, like skills
Sharpen, as a skill
Refine, like skills USA Today 05 Jan 2024
Make sharper Commuter 03 Jan 2024
Sharpen, as a skill (rhymes with "phone")
Refine Wall Street Journal 16 Dec 2023
Whet Commuter 11 Dec 2023
Sharpen Commuter 08 Dec 2023
Sharpen USA Today 03 Dec 2023
Put an edge on a blade Family Time 27 Nov 2023
Sharpen bee's produce. Yes/No (4)
Refine USA Today 16 Nov 2023
Fine-tune, as a skill
Sharpen Eugene Sheffer 04 Nov 2023
Sharpen LA Times Daily 18 Oct 2023
Sharpen Universal 15 Sep 2023
Give an edge to Wall Street Journal 07 Sep 2023
Make sharper Newsday 03 Sep 2023
Refine a skill over time
Sharpen, as an axe Family Time 21 Aug 2023
Refine, as an ability
Sharpen Thomas Joseph 01 Aug 2023
Sharpen Thomas Joseph 29 Jul 2023
Sharpen Wall Street Journal 15 Jul 2023
Perfect New York Times 06 Jul 2023
Sharpen, as a skill
Fine-tune Universal 01 Jul 2023
Fine-tune over time, as skills
Sharpen Wall Street Journal 13 Jun 2023
Strengthen, as skills (rhymes with "tone")
Sharpen, as a skill
Sharpen Eugene Sheffer 06 Jun 2023
Make more perfect Newsday 21 May 2023
Make sharper Wall Street Journal 16 May 2023
Sharpen Eugene Sheffer 02 May 2023
Perfect over time USA Today 30 Apr 2023
Make sharper Newsday 23 Apr 2023
Fine-tune Newsday 21 Apr 2023
Improve through practice USA Today 06 Apr 2023
Sharpen USA Today 29 Mar 2023
Sharpen Eugene Sheffer 25 Mar 2023
Apply to a whetstone Family Time 12 Mar 2023
Make more perfect Newsday 12 Mar 2023
Fine-tune a skill
Perfect New York Times 03 Mar 2023
Sharpen, like skills Family Time 12 Feb 2023
Sharpen Eugene Sheffer 10 Feb 2023
Make sharper Newsday 05 Feb 2023
Give an edge to New York Times 03 Feb 2023
Perfect gradually LA Times Daily 11 Jan 2023
Polish, as skills
Sharpen, as a skill
Sharpen New York Times 13 Dec 2022
Make sharper USA Today 28 Nov 2022
Sharpen, as a skill
Sharpen Universal 14 Nov 2022
Fine-tune USA Today 13 Nov 2022
Sharpen, as skills
Make better, as a skill
Fine-tune over time LA Times Daily 19 Oct 2022
Sharpen Newsday 11 Oct 2022
Fine-tune, as skills LA Times Daily 11 Oct 2022
Sharpen USA Today 04 Oct 2022
Sharpen USA Today 27 Sep 2022
Sharpen Eugene Sheffer 25 Aug 2022
Polish LA Times Daily 05 Aug 2022
Sharpen (with a whetstone) The Times Concise 29 Jul 2022
Sharpen Eugene Sheffer 26 Jul 2022
Sharpen, as a knife New York Times 19 Jul 2022
Whet Universal 18 Jul 2022
Sharpen, like a skill Universal 06 Jul 2022
Refine USA Today 29 Jun 2022
Sharpen Thomas Joseph 27 Jun 2022
Strengthen, as skills
Sharpen LA Times Daily 08 Jun 2022
Sharpen The Washington Post 08 Jun 2022
Strengthen, as skills
Sharpen Universal 07 Apr 2022
Sharpen, as a skill
Sharpen Thomas Joseph 30 Mar 2022
Fine-tune Newsday 24 Mar 2022
Sharpen Wall Street Journal 22 Mar 2022
Strengthen, as an ability (rhymes with "bone")
Sharpen, as a knife edge Family Time 28 Feb 2022
Sharpen USA Today 09 Jan 2022
Perfect over time Universal 30 Dec 2021
Refine, as a skill New York Times 14 Dec 2021
Sharpen Thomas Joseph 02 Dec 2021
Refine USA Today 17 Nov 2021
Perfect over time USA Today 10 Nov 2021
Sharpen Eugene Sheffer 06 Nov 2021
Sharpen Universal 04 Nov 2021
Fine-tune Universal 28 Sep 2021
Refine over time USA Today 04 Sep 2021
Sharpen Eugene Sheffer 02 Aug 2021
Refine Wall Street Journal 29 Jul 2021
Work on perfecting USA Today 24 Jul 2021
Perfect, as skills New York Times 20 Jul 2021
Sharpen a skill
Improve, as skills Universal 21 May 2021
Put an edge on New York Times 05 May 2021
Sharpen Universal 21 Apr 2021
Refine USA Today 05 Apr 2021
Refine a skill
Sharpen a skill, say
Sharpen Thomas Joseph 01 Mar 2021
Develop, as a skill Wall Street Journal 22 Feb 2021
Refine, as skills The Washington Post 15 Feb 2021
Refine, as skills LA Times Daily 15 Feb 2021
Sharpen New York Times 15 Feb 2021
Fine-tune a skill, say
Improve, as one's skills
Give an edge New York Times 06 Feb 2021
Polish base for white castle?
Improve with effort
Refine Wall Street Journal 06 Jan 2021
Fine-tune USA Today 28 Dec 2020
Give a fine edge to The Washington Post 23 Dec 2020
Give a fine edge to LA Times Daily 23 Dec 2020
Refine, as a skill Universal 22 Dec 2020
Sharpen USA Today 03 Dec 2020
Sharpen, as skills Newsday 27 Oct 2020
Sharpen Wall Street Journal 27 Oct 2020
Sharpen, as a skill Universal 09 Oct 2020
Sharpen The Washington Post Sunday 23 Aug 2020
Sharpen, as a talent
Ready the machete, say Wall Street Journal 08 Aug 2020
Sharpen The Telegraph Quick 06 Aug 2020
Make more acute Newsday 19 Jul 2020
Refine, as skills
Whet Premier Sunday 07 Jun 2020
Refine Universal 06 Jun 2020
Sharpen, as a knife Newsday 01 Jun 2020
Sharpen garden tool around November The Telegraph Cryptic 13 May 2020
Perfect, as one's skills Family Time 11 May 2020
Sharpen, like skills
Fine-tune Universal 27 Apr 2020
Sharpen The Washington Post 18 Apr 2020
Sharpen LA Times Daily 18 Apr 2020
Fine-tune Newsday 08 Mar 2020
Give an edge Wall Street Journal 22 Feb 2020
Sharpen, as skills New York Times 30 Dec 2019
Make more efficient, as skills
Sharpen, as skills Universal 02 Dec 2019
Improve, as skills Newsday 01 Dec 2019
Perfect The Washington Post Sunday 17 Nov 2019
Fine-tune, as skills The Washington Post 14 Oct 2019
Fine-tune, as skills LA Times Daily 14 Oct 2019
Polish individual after horse The Sun Two Speed 16 Sep 2019
Sharpen The Sun Two Speed 16 Sep 2019
Use a strop on USA Today 26 Aug 2019
Improve a skill through practice
Improve gradually, say New York Times 14 Jul 2019
Refine a skill over a period of time
Refine The Washington Post Sunday 09 Jun 2019
Put to a whetstone USA Today 05 Jun 2019
Sharpen Eugene Sheffer 24 May 2019
Improve, as skills USA Today 19 May 2019
Sharpen, as skills USA Today 07 May 2019
Use a whetstone on USA Today 14 Apr 2019
Give an edge to Family Time 25 Mar 2019
Refine The Washington Post 22 Mar 2019
Refine LA Times Daily 22 Mar 2019
Make more effective Newsday 01 Mar 2019
Put to a strop USA Today 01 Mar 2019
Polish a craft
Sharpen, as a talent
Improve, as a skill Newsday 17 Feb 2019
Perfect New York Times 08 Feb 2019
Sharpen a skill
Sharpen, as one's skills New York Times 30 Jan 2019
Get better or perfect over a period of time
Refine a skill over time
Sharpen, as skills
Put to a whetstone
Sharpen, as skills
Sharpen
Sharpen, as one's skills
Give a fine edge to
Put an edge on
Fine-tune, as skills
Perfect
Sharpen
Improve gradually, say
Use a strop on
Improve, as skills
Refine
Put to a strop
Improve, as a skill USA Today 17 Dec 2018
Perfect, as an edge Universal 08 Nov 2018
Improve Wall Street Journal 27 Oct 2018
Fine-tune The Washington Post 21 Oct 2018
Fine-tune LA Times Daily 21 Oct 2018
Fine-tune Wall Street Journal 04 Oct 2018
Improve a skill
Put to the grindstone USA Today 23 Aug 2018
Put to a grindstone USA Today 09 Aug 2018
Polish individual on horse The Sun Two Speed 14 Jul 2018
Better edges? Universal 13 Jul 2018
Better an edge Universal 06 Jul 2018
Sharpen
Improve, as a skill
Practice to improve New York Times 11 Apr 2018
Give a finer edge to The Washington Post 28 Mar 2018
Give a finer edge to LA Times Daily 28 Mar 2018
Polish
Fine-tune a skill
Sharpen, as a skill
Make more perfect Newsday 12 Jan 2018
Sharpen, as a razor Universal 10 Jan 2018
Sharpen new garden tool outside The Sun Two Speed 04 Jan 2018
Practice to improve
Improve
Improve, as a skill
Put to a grindstone
Put to the grindstone
Fine-tune
Give a finer edge to
Perfect, as an edge
Better edges?
Better an edge
Fine-tune
Refine over time Wall Street Journal 27 Dec 2017
Revise for the better Newsday 23 Dec 2017
Perfect darling? Not quite
Sharpen Family Time 20 Nov 2017
Fine-tune New York Times 02 Nov 2017
Perfect, as a skill USA Today 22 Oct 2017
Sharpen Canadiana 16 Oct 2017
Give an edge to
Fine-tune The Washington Post Sunday 01 Oct 2017
Sharpen, as a skill New York Times 12 Sep 2017
Sharpen, as one's skills Universal 28 Jul 2017
Perfect, as one's talents Universal 24 Jul 2017
Perfect over time Newsday 20 Jul 2017
Sharpen, as a knife
Sharpen, as a skill
Hard going by single file The Telegraph Cryptic 13 Jul 2017
Improve, as a blade edge Universal 28 May 2017
Improve, as an edge Newsday 11 May 2017
To sharpen one's skills
Sharpen Newsday 22 Mar 2017
Sharpen one's skills
Give an edge to Wall Street Journal 25 Feb 2017
Make sharper Newsday 21 Feb 2017
Perfect, as a skill
Fine-tune
Perfect, as one's talents
Improve, as a blade edge
Sharpen, as a skill
Sharpen, as skills
Sharpen, as a sword edge Universal 24 Dec 2016
Polish term of affection? Not quite! The Telegraph Toughie 22 Dec 2016
Improve New York Times 03 Nov 2016
Perfect LA Times Daily 24 Jun 2016
Give an edge to The Washington Post 20 Jun 2016
Polish, as one's skills Universal 19 Jun 2016
Sharpen, as a razor Family Time 05 Jun 2016
Make a point? USA Today 29 May 2016
Perfect Wall Street Journal 20 May 2016
Use a whetstone on Universal 18 Apr 2016
Improve The Washington Post 30 Mar 2016
Put an edge on USA Today 26 Mar 2016
Edge LA Times Daily 19 Mar 2016
Perfect, as one's skills Universal 10 Mar 2016
Sharpen on a whetstone USA Today 29 Feb 2016
Sweet substance almost completely smooth The Telegraph Cryptic 26 Feb 2016
Ready the machete Universal 17 Feb 2016
Sharpen, as a sword edge
Polish, as one's skills
Ready the machete
Make a point?
Perfect
Improve
Improve, as acting skills Universal 19 Oct 2015
Sharpen, as a razor USA Today 17 Oct 2015
Make sharper USA Today 21 Aug 2015
Better an edge USA Today 18 Aug 2015
Improve, as a skill Universal 06 Jul 2015
Get an edge on New York Times 08 May 2015
Touch up LA Times Daily 12 Apr 2015
Endless love is perfect
Refine Premier Sunday 11 Jan 2015
Use a whetstone on
Refine
Sharpen
Improve, as a skill
Touch up
Fine-tune
Sharpen
Sharpen, as a razor
Make sharper
Better an edge
Give an edge
Use a strop on
Get an edge on
Sharpen
Improve with effort
Give an edge to
Fine-tune
Improve, as acting skills
Improve, as a skill
Touch up
Practice
Whet
Make sharper, as a blade
Refine
Improve, as one's skills
Make sharper, as a blade
Sharpen
Polish one's skills
Make keener
Give an edge to
Take the strop to
Sharpen
Make more efficient
Sharpen, as a knife
Sharpen, as skills
Use a whetstone on
Sharpen
Use a strop on
Make more acute, as one's senses
Improve, as skill
Fine-tune
Fine-tune
Edge
Give an edge to?
Improve the edge of
Ready a machete
Use a whetstone on
Make sharper
Sharpen
Try to perfect
Sharpen
Refine
Fine-tune
Fine-tune
Practice, as skills
Make sharp
Gain an edge
Fine-tune
Perfect
You might rub a knife across it
Give an edge to
Ready, as a machete
Perfect
Improve, as skills
Sharpen, as one's skills
Make keener
Perfect
Improve, as one's skills
Aid in gaining an edge
Improve
Make more effective
Make more perfect
Put an edge on
Make more efficient
Ready the machete
Give an edge to
Sharpen, as skills
Apply to a whetstone
Work on, as one's skills
Improve, as one's skills
Make more effective
Put an edge on
Use a whetstone
Ready, as a machete
Apply to an emery wheel
Perfect
Use a whetstone on
Sharpen, as a knife
Perfect, as one's skills
Apply to a whetstone
Make sharper
Put to an oilstone
Use a whetstone on
Sharpen
Give an edge to
Work on the edge
Opposite of dull
Give an edge to
Use a whetstone
Give an edge to
Improve, as skills
Use a strop on
Work on, as one's skills
Give an edge to
Improve, as skills
Use a strop on
Use a strop
It'll give you an edge
Get to the point?
Improve, as skills
Make sharper
Perfect one's skills
Whet
Strop
Fine-tune
Work on
Strop
Sharpen
Refine
Polish, as one's skills
Sharpen 1-Across
Use a strop on
Improve an edge
Improve, in a way
Work on
Make keener
Sharpen
Perfect
Sharpen
Sharpen, as a razor
Perfect, as one's skills
Whet
Give an edge
Whetstone
Fine-tune
Sharpen
Take a strop to
Perfect
Give an edge
Make a knife sharp
Sharpen, as a skill
Perfect
Strop it!
Cutting edge creator
Fine-tune
Make sharper
Make sharper
Improve
Whet
Get an edge
Apply to a whetstone
Make perfect
Improve in small increments
Use a whetstone
Make perfect
Give the edge to?
Perfect, as a skill
Whet
Sharpen, as skills
Improve, as an edge
Make more acute
Better
Fine-tune
Knife sharpener
Improve in small increments
It might help you make the cut
Refine
Put to an oilstone
Use a whetstone
Work on the edge?
Make more effective
Razor sharpener
Sharpen with a whetstone
Sharpen, as skills
Sharpen, as on a whetstone
Put to the grindstone
Make perfect
Make perfect
Put an edge on
Perfect, as a skill
Grind, maybe
Put an edge on
Perfect, as one's skills
Use a strop
Put to a strop
Sharpen skills
Put an edge on
Improve, as skills
It'll give you the edge
Polish
Use a whetstone
Put an edge on
Whet
Put an edge on
Use a whetstone
Improve
Perfect, as a skill
Whetstone
Use a whetstone
Give an edge
Use a whetstone
Perfect
Improve, as a skill
Perfect
Sharpen a skill
Give an edge to
Use a whetstone on
Give an edge to
Perfect
Use a strop
Give an edge to?
Perfect, as a skill
Whetstone
Put to the grindstone
Work on
Use an oilstone
Sharpen, as one's skills
Intensify
Sharpen, as on a whetstone
Improve, as one's skills
Edge
Get an edge
Make better
Get to the point?
Improve, in a way
Make a point?
Improve, as one's skills
Ready the razor
Sharpen up
Use an oilstone
Grind, maybe
Perfect
Sharpen, as a razor
Improve
Whet
Sharpen as skills
Use a strop
Whetstone
Strop
Oilstone
Practice, so to speak
Grind, in away
Use a whetstone
Use of oilstone
Strop a razor
Use an oilstone
Cutler's need
Do a cutler's job
Fix the carver
Use a strop
Strop
Fine oilstone
Make sharper
Smooth
Make sharp.
Whetstone for razors.
Sharpen on a whetstone.
Stone for setting razors.
Fine-grained stone.
Fine whetstone.
Use a whetstone on
Sharpen the carver
Refine
Perfect over time
Knife sharpener
Apply to an emery wheel
Abrasive tool.
Whet.
Sharpener.
Whetstone.
Barber's stone.
Oilstone.
Sharpen.
Strop.
Yearn: Dial.
Put an edge on.
Stone of fine grit.
Fine oilstone.
Use a strop.
Barber's adjunct.
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