Gone vs Hone - What's the difference?
gone | hone |
Away, having left.
(figuratively) No longer part of the present situation.
No longer existing, having passed.
Used up.
Dead.
(colloquial) Intoxicated to the point of being unaware of one's surroundings
(colloquial) Excellent; wonderful.
(archaic) Ago (used post-positionally).
* 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 491:
(British, informal) Past, after, later than (a time).
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.
A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
To sharpen with a hone .
To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
To refine or master (a skill).
To make more acute, intense, or effective.
To pine; to lament; to long.
As verbs the difference between gone and hone
is that gone is while hone is to sharpen with a hone .As an adjective gone
is away, having left.As a preposition gone
is (british|informal) past, after, later than (a time).As a noun hone is
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 or hone can be a kind of swelling in the cheek.gone
English
Alternative forms
* ywent (obsolete verb form)Verb
(head)Derived terms
* gonerAdjective
(-)- Are they gone already?
- Don't both trying to understand what Grandma says, she's gone .
- He won't be going out with us tonight. Now that he's engaged, he's gone .
- Have you seen their revenue numbers? They're gone .
- The days of my youth are gone .
- I'm afraid all the coffee's gone at the moment.
- Dude, look at Jack. He's completely gone .
- Six nights gone , your brother fell upon my uncle Stafford, encamped with his host at a village called Oxcross not three days ride from Casterly Rock.
Preposition
(English prepositions)- You'd better hurry up, it's gone four o'clock.
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* English irregular past participles ----hone
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) ).Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* hone slate * hone stoneVerb
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