hone

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
2. 2
   A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
3. 3
   A kind of swelling in the cheek.

Verb

1. 1
   To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
2. 2
   To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
3. 3
   To refine (a skill especially) by learning.
4. 4
   To make more acute, intense, or effective.
5. 5
   To grumble.
6. 6
   To pine, lament, or long.

Interjection

1. 1
   Synonym of alas Used to express sorrow, or grief

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname.