Dictionary Entry
sharpen
sharpen is a 7-letter English word with 18 senses as adjective, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make sharp. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 18 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
To make sharp.
- 2adjective
To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw.
- 3adjective
To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious.
- 4adjective
To make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires.
- 5adjective
To make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease.
- 6adjective
To make biting, sarcastic, or severe.
- 7adjective
To render more shrill or piercing.
- 8adjective
To make more tart or acid; to make sour; as, the rays of the sun sharpen vinegar.
- 9adjective
To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to.
- 10intransitive verb
To grow or become sharp.
- 11verb
put (an image) into focus
"Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie"
- 12verb
become sharp or sharper
"The debate sharpened"
- 13verb
make crisp or more crisp and precise
"We had to sharpen our arguments"
- 14verb
make (one's senses) more acute
"This drug will sharpen your vision"
Synonyms
- 15verb
give a point to
"The candles are tapered"
- 16verb
raise the pitch of (musical notes)
- 17verb
make sharp or sharper
"sharpen the knives"
- 18verb
make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper
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