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whetstoning

whetstoning is the present participle and gerund of whetstone.

Meaning of whetstone

Verb

whetstone (third-person singular simple present whetstones, present participle whetstoning, simple past and past participle whetstoned)

  1. (transitive) To sharpen with a whetstone.
    • Near-synonym: hone (verb)
    Synonyms:
    stone, hone

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Questions about whetstoning

What is whetstoning the present participle and gerund of?
Whetstoning is the present participle and gerund of whetstone.

Words near whetstoning in the dictionary

  1. Whetstine
  2. Whetstines
  3. whetstone
  4. whetstoned
  5. whetstones
  6. whetstoning
  7. Whettam
  8. Whettams
  9. whetted
  10. whetted someone's appetite
  11. whetten

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whetstoning (page history and authors); whetstone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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