Grind
Grind verb - To make sharp or sharper.
Usage example: better grind down that ax before you even think about trying to cut down that tree
Stone
Stone verb - To make sharp or sharper.
Usage example: the diorama showed a villager stoning a scythe
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He once put an empty stone container onto the man's head to grind around, and gets the hairpiece caught a bit.
Source: Dodgy Toupee - Sunlight only turns them to stone for as long as they're exposed, and even if you were to grind up the remains into dust, Ripple is still needed to finish the job.
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Luckily, their good looks rarely pay the price, even when they grind chunks out of a stone floor or give it a new paint job.
Source: Creator / Masami Kurumada
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Stone and Grind. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/grind/stone
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