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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.
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? The lecture sharpened my understanding of the topic. The outlines of the mountains sharpened as we got closer.
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.
1. verb. If your senses, understanding, or skills sharpen or are sharpened, you become better at noticing things, thinking, or doing something. Her gaze sharpened, as if she had seen something unusual. [VERB] You can sharpen your skills with rehearsal. [VERB noun] Synonyms: improve, enhance, better, upgrade More Synonyms of sharpen. 2. verb.
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.
[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. cause to change; make different; cause a transformation. verb. make crisp or more crisp and precise. “We had to sharpen our arguments”.
Sharpen definition: to make or become sharp or sharper. . See examples of SHARPEN used in a sentence.
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.
Definitions of 'sharpen'. 1. If your senses, understanding, or skills sharpen or are sharpened, you become better at noticing things, thinking, or doing something. [...] 2. If you sharpen an object, you make its edge very thin or you make its end pointed. [...] More.
