| sharpen | To make sharp. Specifically: To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw. To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious. "The air . . . Sharpened his visual ray To objects distant far." (Milton) "He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill." (Burke) To make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires. "Epicurean cooks Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite." (Shak) To make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease. To make biting, sarcastic, or severe. "Sharpen each word." . To render more shrill or piercing. "Inclosures not only preserve sound, but increase and sharpen it." (Bacon) To make more tart or acid; to make sour; as, the rays of the sun sharpen vinegar. To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to. Origin: See Sharp. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sharpen | put into focus |
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| sharpen | become sharp or sharper |
| sharpen | make sharp or sharper |
| sharpen | make more acute |
| sharpen | give a point to |
| sharpen | raise the pitch of (musical notes) |
| sharpen | make sharp or sharper |
| sharpen | make sharp or sharper of images and sounds |
| sharpen | made sharp or sharper |
| sharpen | having the point made sharp |
| sharpen | any implement that is used to make an edge sharper |
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