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hone

A hone is a fine grained, very hard stone which is used to sharpen cutting tools. (noun)

An example of hone is what a chef would use to sharpen their best knife.

Hone means to sharpen or make something more effective. (verb)

An example of hone is a basketball player perfecting their dunk shot before a big game.

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