Acuminate

[ә'kju:minәt]

(verb.) make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point.

(adj.) (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point .

Checked by Bryant--From WordNet

(a.) Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.

(v. t.) To render sharp or keen.

(v. i.) To end in, or come to, a sharp point.

Edited by Julius

a. (Bot.) Sharp, acute, pointed, cuspidate, cuspidated.

Typed by Lena

adj. (bot.) having a long tapering point—also Acū′minated.—v.t. Acū′minate to sharpen: (fig.) give point to.—n. Accuminā′tion.

Checker: Luther