Sharpen

['ʃɑːp(ə)n] or ['ʃɑrpən]

Definition

(verb.) become sharp or sharper; 'The debate sharpened'.

(verb.) make crisp or more crisp and precise; 'We had to sharpen our arguments'.

(verb.) make (one's senses) more acute; 'This drug will sharpen your vision'.

(verb.) give a point to; 'The candles are tapered'.

(verb.) raise the pitch of (musical notes).

(verb.) make sharp or sharper; 'sharpen the knives'.

(verb.) make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper.

Checked by Fern--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) To make sharp.

(a.) To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw.

(a.) To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious.

(a.) To make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires.

(a.) To make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease.

(a.) To make biting, sarcastic, or severe.

(a.) To render more shrill or piercing.

(a.) To make more tart or acid; to make sour; as, the rays of the sun sharpen vinegar.

(a.) To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to.

(v. i.) To grow or become sharp.

Checker: Natalia

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Edge, give an edge to, make keen.[2]. Make eager.[3]. Sharp, make shrill.[4]. Intensify, make more intense.

Inputed by Darlene