"honing" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhoʊnɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈhəʊnɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-honing.wav Forms: honings [plural]
Rhymes: -oʊnɪŋ, -əʊnɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} honing (plural honings)
  1. The process by which something is honed. Derived forms: honing steel, honing(metalworking)
    Sense id: en-honing-en-noun-A9I15NTG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18

Verb

IPA: /ˈhoʊnɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈhəʊnɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-honing.wav
Rhymes: -oʊnɪŋ, -əʊnɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} honing
  1. present participle and gerund of hone Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: hone
    Sense id: en-honing-en-verb-LKJCHBFX

Inflected forms

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    },
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          "text": "In future honings, you'll assume the tip is touching the stone on the back when it is, in fact, above the stone's surface.",
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