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- Dictionarysharpen/ˈʃɑːp(ə)n/
verb
- 1. make or become sharp or sharper: "she sharpened her pencil" Similar Opposite
- 2. improve or cause to improve: "they've got to sharpen up in front of the goal" Similar
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to make something stronger: Recent changes have sharpened competition between the airlines. The prison riots have sharpened the debate about how prisons should be run. to improve: I hope this course will help me sharpen my computer skills. I went to university to sharpen my mind.
: to make sharp or sharper. especially : hone. intransitive verb. : to become sharp or sharper. sharpener. ˈshärp-nər. ˈshär-pə- noun. Synonyms. edge. grind. hone. stone. strop. whet. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of sharpen in a Sentence. Can you sharpen the image?
pencil If you sharpen an object, you make its edge very thin or you make its end pointed. He started to sharpen his knife. American English : sharpen / ˈʃɑrpən /
to make something stronger: Recent changes have sharpened competition between the airlines. The prison riots have sharpened the debate about how prisons should be run. to improve: I hope this class will help me sharpen my computer skills. I went to college to sharpen my mind.
[intransitive, transitive] to become or make something better, more effective, etc. than before synonym improve. sharpen (up) He needs to sharpen up before the Olympic trials. sharpen something (up) She's doing a course to sharpen her business skills. We’re looking to sharpen up the product’s image.
Definitions of sharpen. verb. make sharp or sharper. “ sharpen the knives”. see more. verb. make crisp or more crisp and precise. “We had to sharpen our arguments”. see more.
Sharpen definition: to make or become sharp or sharper. . See examples of SHARPEN used in a sentence.
verb. 1. improve, enhance, better, upgrade, hone, brush up, touch up, ameliorate, polish up You can sharpen your skills with rehearsal. 2. make sharp, hone, whet, grind, edge, file, strop, put an edge on He started to sharpen his knife.
verb [ T ] uk / ˈʃɑːp ə n / us. Add to word list. to make something sharper: to sharpen a knife / pencil. (Definition of sharpen from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of sharpen. in Chinese (Traditional) 能切斷, 使變尖, 使鋒利… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 能切断, 使变尖, 使锋利… See more. in Spanish.
sharpen meaning, definition, what is sharpen: to make something have a sharper edge or...: Learn more.
