Clues for the word "HONE"
We've had 132 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 773 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on April 12, 2025.
Definition of hone
- v. i. - To pine; to lament; to long.
- n. - A kind of swelling in the cheek.
- n. - A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone.
- v. t. - To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.
Referring Clues
- Sharpen, as a razor
- Whet
- Perfect
- Sharpen
- Give an edge to
- Grind, maybe
- Fine-tune
- Improve, in a way
- Improve, as one's skills
- Sharpen, as on a whetstone
- Edge
- Improve
- Use a whetstone on
- Give an edge
- Put an edge on
- It'll give you the edge
- Practice, as skills
- Work on the edge?
- Apply to a whetstone
- Give the edge to?
- It might help you make the cut
- Sharpen, as skills
- Sharpen, as a knife
- It'll give you an edge
- Put to the grindstone
- Make more effective
- Work on the edge
- Use a whetstone
- Refine
- Perfect, as a skill
- Ready, as a machete
- Work on, as one's skills
- Opposite of dull
- Razor sharpener
- Sharpen with a whetstone
- Better
- Whetstone
- Use a strop on
- Improve, as skills
- Strop
- Work on
- Make sharper
- Improve in small increments
- Make more acute
- Improve, as an edge
- Make keener
- Improve an edge
- Use a strop
- Make perfect
- Get to the point?
- Perfect one's skills
- Perfect, as one's skills
- Cutting edge creator
- Strop it!
- Polish, as one's skills
- Sharpen 1-Across
- Make a knife sharp
- Improve, as a skill
- Put to an oilstone
- Ready the machete
- Make more perfect
- Get sharp
- Sharpen, as a skill
- Use an oilstone
- Aid in gaining an edge
- Make more efficient
- Apply to an emery wheel
- Sharpen, as one's skills
- You might rub a knife across it
- Perfect, perhaps
- Make sharp
- Gain an edge
- Ready a machete
- Give an edge to?
- Improve, as skill
- Make more acute, as one's senses
- Practice
- Make sharper, as a blade
- Polish one's skills
- Take the strop to
- Fine whetstone
- Touch up
- Get an edge on
- Better an edge
- Improve, as acting skills
- Sharpen on a whetstone
- Refine, as a skill
- Sharpen, as a sword edge
- Improve, as a blade edge
- Perfect over time
- Perfect, as one's talents
- Use of oilstone
- Practice, so to speak
- Revise for the better
- Grind
- Polish
- Put a sharp edge on
- Make a point?
- Sharpen (a blade)
- A flat stone and a hot one
- Endless love is perfect
- Refine over time
- Polish sweetheart who's not all there!
- Give a finer edge to
- Practice to improve
- Better edges?
- Put to a whetstone
- Put to a grindstone
- Perfect, as an edge
- Here's a hard one, and that's flat!
- Put to a strop
- A hot one, and that's flat!
- Give a fine edge to
- Improve gradually, say
- Fine-tune, as skills
- A hot individual can sharpen things up
- Refine, as skills
- Ready the machete, say
- Perfect, as skills
- Work on perfecting
- Sharpen, as a knife edge
- Fine-tune over time
- Perfect gradually
- Sharpen, like skills
- Improve through practice
- Sharpen, as an axe
- Put an edge on a blade
- Refine, like skills
- Sharpen, as a blade
- Sharpen, like a sword or a skill
- Sharpen, as a sword's edge
- Take a strop to
Last Seen In
- Mirror Daily - April 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 18, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 15, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 11, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - February 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - February 09, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 03, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 06, 2025
- New York Times - January 04, 2025
- Daily American - January 03, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 24, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 21, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 05, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 25, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 18, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 06, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 03, 2024
- USA Today - November 03, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 03, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 23, 2024
- Daily American - October 10, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 28, 2024
- Daily American - September 14, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 28, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 26, 2024
- And in 743 more crossword puzzles...