ALL meanings of sharpen
sharp·en
S s - 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
- transitive verb sharpen competition: increase 1
- verb sharpen If your senses, understanding, or skills sharpen or are sharpened, you become better at noticing things, thinking, or doing something. 0
- verb sharpen If you sharpen an object, you make its edge very thin or you make its end pointed. 0
- verb sharpen If disagreements or differences between people sharpen, or if they are sharpened, they become bigger or more important. 0
- verb sharpen to make or become sharp or sharper 0
- verb sharpen to raise the pitch of (a note), esp by one chromatic semitone 0