See hone in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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[
"whet",
"whet"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To sharpen with a hone; to whet."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "bülövləmək"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "toča",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "точа"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "esmolar"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "gvtliha",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "ᎬᏟᎭ"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lì",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "礪 /砺"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mó",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "磨"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ostřit"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "naostřit"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "brousit"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "nabrousit"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "skærpe"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "aanzetten"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "slijpen"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "scherp maken"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "akrigi"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "liipata"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "aiguiser"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "honen"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "feinschleifen"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "ziehschleifen"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "lacharótz",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "לַחֲרוֹץ"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "fen"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "hiuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "kirahuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "affilare"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "molare"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "arrotare"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "affinare"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"alt": "とぐ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "togu",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "研ぐ"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"alt": "とぎすます",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "togisumasu",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "研ぎ澄ます"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "sɑɑsɑngkuət",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "សង្កួត"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "oroi"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "whakaratarata"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "whetten"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "hone"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "amolar"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "afiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ottáčivatʹ",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отта́чивать"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "točítʹ",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "точи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zatáčivatʹ",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "зата́чивать"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "naostriť"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "vybrúsiť"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "nabrúsiť"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "afilar"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "aguzar"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "amolar"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "bryna"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "slipa"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "skärpa"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "mài"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "dũa"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 5 2 0",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "shlayfn",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "שלײַפֿן"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To use a hone to produce a precision bore."
],
"id": "en-hone-en-verb-euRTeOwj",
"links": [
[
"produce",
"produce"
],
[
"precision",
"precision"
],
[
"bore",
"bore"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To use a hone to produce a precision bore."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "16 71 7 6",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to produce a precision bore with a hone",
"word": "kalibrere"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 71 7 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to produce a precision bore with a hone",
"word": "kalibreren"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 71 7 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to produce a precision bore with a hone",
"word": "hoonata"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 71 7 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to produce a precision bore with a hone",
"word": "laahia"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 71 7 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xoningovátʹ",
"sense": "to produce a precision bore with a hone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "хонингова́ть"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2023 August 23, David E Norris, “Joseph Locke: a railway injustice...”, in RAIL, number 990, page 56:",
"text": "He also honed the procedure known as cut and fill - whereby the spoil from railway cuttings was used to build up embankments.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2011, “Revenge”, CaptainSparklez (lyrics), Doc Exx (music), performed by TryHardNinja, parody of Usher's DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love:",
"text": "Huh? Training in your room under the torchlight / Hone that form to get you ready for the big fight",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To refine or master (a skill)."
],
"id": "en-hone-en-verb-52PQshmV",
"links": [
[
"refine",
"refine"
],
[
"master",
"master"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To refine or master (a skill)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "esmolar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "pilovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "vybrousit"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "finslibe"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "vervolmaken"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "vervolledigen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "hioa"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "perfectionner"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "affiner"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "affuter"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "ausfeilen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "ausschleifen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "affinare"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "doskonalić"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "esmerar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "aperfeiçoar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ottáčivatʹ",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отта́чивать"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "vycibriť"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "cizelovať"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "zdokonaliť"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "perfeccionar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "afinar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "refinar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "aguzar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "agudizar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "finslipa"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "finputsa"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To make more acute, intense, or effective."
],
"id": "en-hone-en-verb-8OjMctZ7",
"links": [
[
"acute",
"acute"
],
[
"intense",
"intense"
],
[
"effective",
"effective"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "0 1 1 98",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "natočvam",
"sense": "to make more acute, intense or effective",
"word": "наточвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 1 98",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to make more acute, intense or effective",
"word": "forfine"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 1 98",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make more acute, intense or effective",
"word": "verfijnen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 1 98",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make more acute, intense or effective",
"word": "hioa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 1 98",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make more acute, intense or effective",
"word": "verfeinern"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 1 98",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make more acute, intense or effective",
"word": "esmerar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 1 98",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make more acute, intense or effective",
"word": "agudizar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 1 98",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make more acute, intense or effective",
"word": "aguzar"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/hoʊn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/həʊn/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-hone.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/44/En-us-hone.ogg/En-us-hone.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/En-us-hone.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊn"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"en:hone"
],
"word": "hone"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "hnúður"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic hnúður",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognate with Icelandic hnúður. Distantly related to knot.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "hones",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "hone (plural hones)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "honewort"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A kind of swelling in the cheek."
],
"id": "en-hone-en-noun-gzwc2tKd",
"links": [
[
"swelling",
"swelling"
],
[
"cheek",
"cheek"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/hoʊn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/həʊn/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-hone.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/44/En-us-hone.ogg/En-us-hone.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/En-us-hone.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊn"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"en:hone"
],
"word": "hone"
}
{
"etymology_number": 3,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fr",
"3": "hogner",
"4": "",
"5": "to grumble"
},
"expansion": "French hogner (“to grumble”)",
"name": "uder"
}
],
"etymology_text": "French hogner (“to grumble”), which could be a cross of honnir (“to disgrace, shame”) and grogner (“to grunt”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "hones",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "honing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "honed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "honed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
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],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "American English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "British English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Southern US English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "45 55",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English undefined derivations",
"parents": [
"Undefined derivations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.",
"roman": "Hoyning like hogges that groynis and wrotes.",
"text": "Such tunges ſhuld be torne out by the harde rootes,"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To grumble."
],
"id": "en-hone-en-verb-c6fNgxbk",
"links": [
[
"grumble",
"grumble"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(UK, US, Southern US, dialect, intransitive) To grumble."
],
"tags": [
"Southern-US",
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"word": "ᎬᏟᎭ"
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"word": "礪 /砺"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "磨"
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"code": "cs",
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"code": "cs",
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"code": "cs",
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "skærpe"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "aanzetten"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "slijpen"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
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"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "akrigi"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "liipata"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "aiguiser"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "honen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "feinschleifen"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"word": "ziehschleifen"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
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"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "לַחֲרוֹץ"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
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"word": "fen"
},
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"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "hiuttaa"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "kirahuttaa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "affilare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "molare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "arrotare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "affinare"
},
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "研ぐ"
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"roman": "togisumasu",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "研ぎ澄ます"
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"code": "km",
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"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "សង្កួត"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
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"word": "oroi"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "whakaratarata"
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{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "whetten"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "hone"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "amolar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "afiar"
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"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "naostriť"
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
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"code": "sk",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "afilar"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "aguzar"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"word": "amolar"
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"word": "bryna"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "slipa"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "skärpa"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to sharpen with a hone",
"word": "dũa"
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"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
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"word": "שלײַפֿן"
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"code": "da",
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to produce a precision bore with a hone",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to produce a precision bore with a hone",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to produce a precision bore with a hone",
"word": "laahia"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to produce a precision bore with a hone",
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"code": "cs",
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"word": "pilovat"
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"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
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"code": "da",
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"code": "nl",
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "vervolledigen"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "hioa"
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{
"code": "fr",
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "ausschleifen"
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{
"code": "it",
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"word": "affinare"
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"code": "pl",
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"word": "doskonalić"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "esmerar"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
"word": "aperfeiçoar"
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{
"code": "sk",
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{
"code": "sk",
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"code": "es",
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to refine or master a skill",
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