Showing posts with label hone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hone. Show all posts

Monday, March 25, 2013

home, hone

Home or home means place of residence or origin, or the house one lives in--
Go home!
Is New York City your home?
Our team is playing a home game today, and we are going to see it.
Is anyone home?
Are they at home?

Hone or hone means to sharpen, literally or figuratively--
He uses a grinding stone to hone the edge of his tools.
He hopes that playing this game will help to hone his wits.
Hone also means the stone used to sharpen a razor or blade--
He is looking for the hone he uses to sharpen his razor.
Hone also means a tool used to enlarge the dimensions of a hole to a desired size--
After you drill the hole, use the hone to enlarge it to 1/2" in diameter.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"When he gets home he will hone that blade for you."

Note--"to home in on" means to get closer and closer to a source, such as the source of a radio broadcast, or to a target for a missile--
It will take several seconds for the missile to home in on the target.