Sharpen

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make or become sharp or sharper.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To make sharp
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper.
  • v. To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious.
  • v. To make more eager.
  • v. To make more pungent and intense.
  • v. To make biting, sarcastic, or severe.
  • v. To render more shrill or piercing.
  • v. To make more tart or acid; to make sour.
  • v. To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to.
  • verb-intransitive. To grow or become sharp.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make sharp or sharper; render more acute, keen, eager, active, intensive, quick, biting, severe, tart, etc.: as, to sharpen a sword or a knife; to sharpen the appetite; to sharpen vinegar.
  • In music, same as sharp, v., 2.
  • To make something sharp; put a keen edge or sharp point on something.
  • To grow or become sharp.
  • In music, same as sharp.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper
  • v. make sharp or sharper
  • v. make (one's senses) more acute
  • v. make crisp or more crisp and precise
  • v. give a point to
  • v. put (an image) into focus
  • v. become sharp or sharper
  • v. raise the pitch of (musical notes)
  • Antonym
    blunt   
    Verb Form
    sharpened    sharpening    sharpens   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    compound    deepen    heighten    intensify    change    modify    alter   
    Cross Reference
    intensify   
    Form
    sarpened    sharpening    sharpener   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    tarpon   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts