sharpen
IPA: ʃˈɑrpʌn
verb
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To make sharp.
- (intransitive) To become sharp.
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Examples of "sharpen" in Sentences
- I sharpened my pencils.
- The blade is sharpened to a chisel bevel.
- A mechanism sharpens the spikes of the drum.
- It sharpened the struggle between the classes.
- The knob may then be turned to sharpen the blade.
- Rosario is working in offseason to sharpen defense.
- He sharpened his leadership acumen in the military.
- The sharpened edge of the rib is adjacent the table.
- Gain, and the pursuit of gain, sharpen a man's visage.
- It's not the task of the SW to automatically sharpen an image.