- sharpened on a hone or whetstone: Our julienne peeler has 12 honed blades for superfine cuts that will make your julienne vegetables look like a restaurant’s.
- made more acute or effective; improved or perfected: We finish our degrees with highly desirable, finely honed skills, including how to research, how to work hard, and how to think critically.
- (of a hole) enlarged with a hone: When it comes to the barrel of this rifle, the diameter uniformity and roundness of the honed bore are superb.
- the simple past tense and past participle of hone1.
