honing (verb)
1hone — verb (T) 1 to improve your skill at doing something, especially when you are already very good at it: He set about honing his skills as a draughtsman. | finely honed (=extremely well developed): finely honed intuition 2 to make knives, swords etc …
2hone — [[t]ho͟ʊn[/t]] hones, honing, honed 1) VERB 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. [V n] Leading companies spend… …
3hone in on — ˌhone ˈin on [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they hone in on he/she/it hones in on present participle honing in on past tense …
4hone — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hān stone; akin to Old Norse hein whetstone, Latin cot , cos, Sanskrit śiśāti he whets Date: 14th century whetstone II. transitive verb (honed; honing) Date: 1798 1. to sharpen or …
5hone in — intransitive verb Etymology: alteration of home in Date: 1965 to move toward or focus attention on an objective < looking back for the ball honing in George Plimpton > < a missile honing in on its target Bob Greene > < hones in on the plights and …
6set — I. verb (set; setting) Etymology: Middle English setten, from Old English settan; akin to Old High German sezzen to set, Old English sittan to sit Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to cause to sit ; place in or on a seat 2 …
7set — [c]/sɛt / (say set) verb (set, setting) –verb (t) 1. to put in a particular place or position: to set a vase on a table. 2. to put into some condition or relation: to set a house on fire. 3. to apply: to set fire to a house. 4. to cause to begin …
8hon´er — hone1 «hohn», noun, verb, honed, hon|ing. –n. a fine grained whetstone on which to give a fine finish to the edge of cutting tools, especially razors. –v.t. to sharpen on a hone: »Figurative. We regret the delays, but it gives a chance to hone… …
9George Carlin — Infobox Comedian name = George Carlin caption = Carlin in Trenton, New Jersey on April 4 2008 pseudonym = birth name = George Denis Patrick Carlin birth date = birth date|1937|5|12 birth place = Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States… …
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