Definition of sharpen

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Sharpen (a.) To make sharp.

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Stonebird :: Stone (n.) To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone..
Acuation :: Acuation (n.) Act of sharpening.
Crowbar :: Crowbar (n.) A bar of iron sharpened at one end, and used as a lever..
Point :: Point (n.) To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil. Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral..
Empalement :: Empalement (n.) A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
Picket :: Picket (n.) A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses..
Palisade :: Palisade (n.) A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of such stakes set in the ground as a means of defense..
Grit :: Grit (n.) Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit..
Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious.
Whet :: Whet (n.) That which whets or sharpens; esp., an appetizer..
Acuate :: Acuate (a.) Sharpened; sharp-pointed.
Acumination :: Acumination (n.) A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
Keen :: Keen (v. t.) To sharpen; to make cold.
Hone :: Hone (v. t.) To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor..
Quill :: Quill (n.) A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the point or nib of the stock of a feather; as, history is the proper subject of his quill..
Abattis :: Abattis (n.) A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy..
Hone :: Hone (n.) A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone..
Fitche :: Fitche (a.) Sharpened to a point; pointed.
Frost :: Frost (v. t.) To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather..
Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To make sharp.
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