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