To hone

1 - I need to hone down on my fencing skill during practice.

- Hone as a verb means to refine, perfect, focus, sharpen (a blade)
To hone down/in on something is slang for focusing on, perfecting, or
determining a location of something.

2 - The dog’s job is to hone in on the illegal substances.

- Hone as a verb means to refine, perfect, focus, sharpen (a blade)
To hone down/in on something is slang for focusing on, perfecting, or
determining a location of something.

3 - He was carefully honing the blade on his knife

- Hone as a verb means to refine, perfect, focus, sharpen (a blade)
To hone down/in on something is slang for focusing on, perfecting, or
determining a location of something.

4 - The craftsman honed his skills over years of practice.

- O artesão aperfeiçoou suas habilidades ao longo de anos de prática.

5 - I used a stone to hone the blade of the knife.

- Eu usei uma pedra para afiar a lâmina da faca.

6 - I'm still tryin'to hone that knack.

- Ainda estou a tentar aprimorar esse truque.

7 - And I figured I would really hone my craft.

- E achei que ia realmente aperfeiçoar o meu ofício.

8 - And hone the blade, Harper.

- E afie a lâmina, Harper.

9 - Jane worked as an intern to continue to hone her skills before she

applied for graduate school.
- Jane trabalhou como estagiária para continuar a aprimorar as
habilidades dela antes de se inscrever para a pós-graduação.

10 - The butcher honed his knife while he talked to a customer.

- O açougueiro afiou a faca enquanto conversava com um cliente.

11 - My grandfather still sharpens his razors on his old hone.

- (whetstone) (pedra de amolar) amolar, afiar

12 - The bone had been honed to a point.

- to make an object sharp

13 - His physique was honed to perfection.

- to make something perfect or completely suitable for its purpose

14 - Her debating skills were honed in the students' union.

- to make something perfect or completely suitable for its purpose

15 - He helps performers hone their skills as dancers and singers.

- to direct something such as an ability to make it more effective
16 - to hone scissors
- To hone an object is to make it sharper.

17 - She honed her skills in customer relations at British Airways.

- to make something better or completely suitable for its purpose.
- hone your skills

18 - Our interviewing techniques have been honed in order to help us pick

exactly the right candidate.
- to make something better or completely suitable for its purpose.
- hone your skills

19 - Leading companies spend time and money on honing the skills of

senior managers.
- His body is honed and kept in trim with constant exercise.
- If you hone something, for example a skill, technique, idea, or product,
you carefully develop it over a long period of time so that it is exactly
right for your purpose.

20 - ...four grinding wheels for honing fine edged tools and implements.
- If you hone a blade, weapon, or tool, you sharpen it on a stone or with a
special device.

21 - ...a thin, honed blade.

- If you hone a blade, weapon, or tool, you sharpen it on a stone or with a
special device.