home vs hone

Definitions

adverb

1. to the fullest extent; to the heart
2. at or to or in the direction of one's home or family
3. on or to the point aimed at

noun

1. an institution where people are cared for
2. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
3. place where something began and flourished
4. a social unit living together
5. where you live at a particular time

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adjective

1. used of your own ground
2. relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are
3. inside the country

verb

1. return home accurately from a long distance
2. provide with, or send to, a home

Examples

It got so bad that 12 patrolmen and two police dogs were kept on duty outside the home for several days.

Watching celebs suffer from hunger and lack of home comforts is somehow really entertaining.

Druses were common throughout the mesophyll tissues, and peltate, glandular trichomes were present on both epidermises.

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Definitions

noun

1. a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors

verb

1. sharpen with a hone
2. make perfect or complete

Examples

Divide half the mixture between 4 glass bowls, then sprinkle with a few fresh raspberries and a bit more crushed honeycomb.

Methone is a bit bigger than Anthe, at 3km (1.8 miles) in diameter, it too was discovered by the Cassini imaging team in 2004.

So I cringe when a local newsperson shoves a microphone in the face of some young 95-pound twink (Straight Translation: a twink is a skinny homosexual with a lot of moxie).

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