What hone means?
(Entry 1 of 3) transitive verb. 1 : to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone. 2 : to make more acute, intense, or effective : whet helped her hone her comic timing— Patricia Bosworth.
How do you pronounce hone?
What mean honing?
The verb hone means to sharpen skills. Use hone to describe someone working hard, perfecting or sharpening skills, as in “She is honing her skills as an actress by working in community theater.” Hone, which rhymes with phone, is from the Old English word, han, meaning “stone, rock.”
Is the H silent in human?
H is silent in many English words, for various reasons. Not all such words that have come into English from French still have a silent h, however. Over the centuries we have come to pronounce the h in words like horrible, hospital, host, human, and humour.