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- [shahr-puh n]
- /ˈʃɑr pən/
- /ˈʃɑː.pən/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [shahr-puh n]
- /ˈʃɑr pən/
Definitions of sharpen word
- transitive verb sharpen knife: make sharper 1
- transitive verb sharpen pencil: make sharper 1
- transitive verb sharpen image: make clearer 1
- transitive verb sharpen skills: improve, refine 1
- transitive verb sharpen mind, senses: make more acute 1
- transitive verb sharpen musical note: raise by semitone 1
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Origin of sharpen
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50; See origin at sharp, -en1
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Parts of speech for Sharpen
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sharpen popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for sharpen
verb sharpen
- acuminate — narrowing to a sharp point, as some types of leaf
- adjust — When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas.
- bestir — to cause (oneself, or, rarely, another person) to become active; rouse
- bestirred — to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively): She bestirred herself at the first light of morning.
- bring into line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
adj sharpen
adjective sharpen
Antonyms for sharpen
verb sharpen
- achromatize — to make achromatic; to remove colour from
- aways — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- decolorize — to take the color out of, as by bleaching
- die away — If a sound dies away, it gradually becomes weaker or fainter and finally disappears completely.
- dulling — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
Top questions with sharpen
- how to sharpen a knife?
- how to sharpen scissors?
- how to sharpen a chainsaw?
- how to sharpen lawn mower blades?
- how to sharpen knife?
- how to sharpen knives?
- how to sharpen a knife with a stone?
- how to sharpen an axe?
- how to sharpen a pocket knife?
- how to sharpen chainsaw?
- how to sharpen chainsaws?
- how to sharpen chain saw?
- how to sharpen mower blades?
- how to sharpen a lawn mower blade?
- how to sharpen kitchen knives?
See also
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