Sharpens, as a razor

• Uses a whetstone on
• Makes keener
• Maximizes effectiveness, as of skills
• Polishes, as a skill
• Works on
• Sharpens razors
• Whetstones
• Cutting-edge creators

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (plural of hone English) vb. (en-third-person singular of: hone )

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Hones is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: J.J. Hones (born 1987), American basketball player Josef Hones (born 1954), Austrian ski mountaineer and biathlete