honey Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
  2. noun a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
    dear; dearest; love; beloved.
  3. verb sweeten with honey
  4. adjective satellite of something having the color of honey

WordNet

Hon"ey noun
Etymology
OE. honi, huni, AS. hunig; akin to OS. honeg, D. & G. honig, OHG. honag, honang, Icel. hunang, Sw. håning, Dan. honning, cf. Gr. dust, Skr. kaa grain.
Definitions
  1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb.
  2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.
    The honey of his language. Shak.
  3. Sweet one; -- a term of endearment. Chaucer.
    Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus. Shak.
    ✍ Honey is often used adjectively or as the first part of compound; as, honeydew or honey dew; honey guide or honeyguide; honey locust or honey-locust.
Hon"ey intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Honeyed ; present participle & verbal noun Honeying
Definitions
  1. To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn. "Honeying and making love." Shak.
    Rough to common men, But honey at the whisper of a lord. Tennyson.
Hon"ey transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make agreeable; to cover or sweeten with, or as with, honey.
    Canst thou not honey me with fluent speech? Marston.

Webster 1913