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Sharpen

//ˈʃɑɹpən// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make sharp. figuratively, sometimes, transitive

    "to sharpen a pencil or a knife or a musical note"

  2. 2
    put (an image) into focus wordnet
  3. 3
    To become sharp. intransitive

    "The organizers said they had found themselves "more involved in the web of social convulsions and violence that is tormenting our country. The present economic crisis, the grave political instability and the rapidly sharpening violence have finally overtaken […] our wishes."

  4. 4
    become sharp or sharper wordnet
  5. 5
    make crisp or more crisp and precise wordnet
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  1. 6
    make (one's senses) more acute wordnet
  2. 7
    give a point to wordnet
  3. 8
    raise the pitch of (musical notes) wordnet
  4. 9
    make sharp or sharper wordnet
  5. 10
    make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English scharpenen, scharpnen, equivalent to sharp + -en.

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