Definition of Sharpen

  • (a.) To make sharp.
  • (a.) To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw.
  • (a.) To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious.
  • (a.) To make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires.
  • (a.) To make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease.
  • (a.) To make biting, sarcastic, or severe.
  • (a.) To render more shrill or piercing.
  • (a.) To make more tart or acid; to make sour; as, the rays of the sun sharpen vinegar.
  • (a.) To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to.
  • (v. i.) To grow or become sharp.

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