Sharpen - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈʃɑːrpən|
Brit.
|ˈʃɑːp(ə)n|
verb
- make sharp or sharper
- make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper
- raise the pitch of (musical notes)
- give a point to (syn: point, taper)
- make (one's senses) more acute (syn: heighten)
sharpen the knives
- make crisp or more crisp and preciseWe had to sharpen our arguments
- become sharp or sharperThe debate sharpened
- put (an image) into focus (syn: focus)- make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper
- raise the pitch of (musical notes)
- give a point to (syn: point, taper)
- make (one's senses) more acute (syn: heighten)
This drug will sharpen your vision
Extra examples
Can you sharpen the image?
The lecture sharpened my understanding of the topic.
The outlines of the mountains sharpened as we got closer.
His face sharpened like the face of a sick man.
We had to sharpen our arguments
The debate sharpened
This drug will sharpen your vision
Sharpen all your blunt knives.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: sharpen
he/she/it: sharpens
present participle: sharpening
past tense: sharpened
past participle: sharpened
I/you/we/they: sharpen
he/she/it: sharpens
present participle: sharpening
past tense: sharpened
past participle: sharpened
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