Past tense of hone
regular verb
The past tense of hone is honed. The past participle is also honed.
Forms of hone
| Base form (V1) | hone /hoʊn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | honed /hoʊnd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | honed /hoʊnd/ |
| Present participle | honing /ˈhoʊnɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | hones /hoʊnz/ |
Honed in a sentence
- He also honed the procedure known as cut and fill - whereby the spoil from railway cuttings was used to build up embankments.2023 August 23, David E Norris, “Joseph Locke: a railway injustice...”, in RAIL, number 990, page 56
- He has created for himself a honed, primed-for-victory body and is working hard on a ditto mind.2009 July 3, “Andy Murray: easy to admire, but can we learn to love him?”, in Times Online. From the entry ditto
- His casuistry had been honed to a razor’s edge, and he could no longer think of any objections.1968, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, translated by Sidney Monas, Crime and Punishment, published 1866. From the entry casuistry
- Brooks began as a Tummler (master entertainer) at various Catskills resorts, where he honed his skills at telling jokes and doing impersonations.2015, Henry Jenkins, “Mel Brooks, Vulgar Modernism, and Comic Remediation”, in Andrew Horton, Joanna E. Rapf, editors, A Companion to Film…. From the entry tummler
- They were superhumans in the noncostumed, hard-as-nails Brit-com tradition that Ellis had honed to a knife edge, dressed in white suits, leather catsuits, and hoodies.2011, Grant Morrison, Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Superhero, →ISBN, page 314. From the entry Brit-com
Meaning of hone
- noun 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.
- noun A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
- verb To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
Questions about the past tense of hone
- What is the past tense of hone?
- The past tense of hone is honed.
- What is the past participle of hone?
- The past participle of hone is honed.
- Is hone a regular or irregular verb?
- Hone is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hone (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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