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Definition of sharpen

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Sharpen (a.) To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw..

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Sharp :: Sharp (v. t.) To sharpen.

Acuate :: Acuate (a.) Sharpened; sharp-pointed.

Strappadoes :: Strap (v. t.) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor..

Acuition :: Acuition (n.) The act of sharpening.

Fitche :: Fitche (a.) Sharpened to a point; pointed.

Cutwater :: Cutwater (n.) A starling or other structure attached to the pier of a bridge, with an angle or edge directed up stream, in order better to resist the action of water, ice, etc.; the sharpened upper end of the pier itself..

Acuate :: Acuate (v. t.) To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken.

Empalement :: Empalement (n.) A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.

Sharpen :: Sharpen (v. i.) To grow or become sharp.

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..

Keen :: Keen (v. t.) To sharpen; to make cold.

Pickedness :: Pickedness (n.) The state of being sharpened; pointedness.

Whet :: Whet (n.) That which whets or sharpens; esp., an appetizer..

Frost :: Frost (v. t.) To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather..

Whittle :: Whittle (v. t.) To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to excite with liquor; to inebriate..

Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To render more shrill or piercing.

Whetstone :: Whetstone (n.) A piece of stone, natural or artificial, used for whetting, or sharpening, edge tools..

Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires..

Stonebird :: Stone (n.) To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone..

Sickle :: Sickle (n.) A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap..