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Sharpen   /ʃˈɑrpən/   Listen
Sharpen

verb
(past & past part. sarpened; pres. part. sharpening)
1.
Make sharp or sharper.
2.
Make crisp or more crisp and precise.
3.
Become sharp or sharper.
4.
Put (an image) into focus.  Synonyms: focalise, focalize, focus.
5.
Make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper.
6.
Raise the pitch of (musical notes).
7.
Give a point to.  Synonyms: point, taper.
8.
Make (one's senses) more acute.  Synonym: heighten.



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"Sharpen" Quotes from Famous Books



... she needed most to finish her sandals were scissors. They would cost so much to buy she would have to manage without them. Fortunately she had her knife, and with the help of a stone to sharpen the point she could make it fine enough to trim ...
— Nobody's Girl - (En Famille) • Hector Malot
... and with the force of the pressure there flies off a knife, with its point, and edge on each tide, as neatly as if one were to make them of a turnip with a sharp knife, or of iron in the fire. Then they sharpen it on a stone, using a hone to give it a very fine edge; and in a very short time these workmen will make more than twenty knives in the aforesaid manner. They come out of the same shape as our barbers' lancets, except that they have a rib up the middle, and have ...
— Anahuac • Edward Burnett Tylor
... of that identical stranger, seen with Doe at the fire among the assailants at the memorable ruin, whose appearance had awakened the first suspicion that there was more in the attack than proceeded from ordinary causes. This was a discovery well fitted to increase the interest, and sharpen the curiosity, of the man of peace: who peering in upon the pair from the chink, gave all his faculties to the duty of listening and observing. The visage of Doe, dark and sullen at the best, was now peculiarly moody; and he sat gazing into the fire, apparently ...
— Nick of the Woods • Robert M. Bird
... would be an easy business, or that the man would be able to hit upon a scheme at once; but now that he has gone so far as to agree to carry notes, the thought that he may, if he succeeds, soon have his little farm in Brittany, will sharpen ...
— In the Reign of Terror - The Adventures of a Westminster Boy • G. A. Henty
... fast thinker. Years of teaching Roman history to classes of dozing students, interested only in easy credits, are not reckoned to sharpen one's wits. However, I instantly realized what must have happened. I tapped the ...
— "To Invade New York...." • Irwin Lewis


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