Word

hone, v.
(honed, hones, honing)

make perfect or complete
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

hone perfect

sample sentences

"perfect your French in Paris!"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

perfectible perfection perfecter

semantic pointers

hyponym

optimize, optimise polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up

hypernym

improve, amend, better, ameliorate, meliorate

sharpen with a hone
<verb.contact>

hone

sample sentences

"hone a knife"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

hyponym