Definition of sharpen

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Sharpen (a.) To make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease..

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Whittle :: Whittle (v. t.) To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to excite with liquor; to inebriate..
Crowbar :: Crowbar (n.) A bar of iron sharpened at one end, and used as a lever..
Empalement :: Empalement (n.) A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
Scythestone :: Scythestone (n.) A stone for sharpening scythes; a whetstone.
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..
Whetter :: Whetter (n.) One who, or that which, whets, sharpens, or stimulates..
Rub :: Rub (n.) A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; -- called also rubstone..
Pointing :: Pointing (n.) The act of sharpening.
Grind :: Grind (v. i.) To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge..
Rifle :: Rifle (n.) A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes..
Pickedness :: Pickedness (n.) The state of being sharpened; pointedness.
Whetstone :: Whetstone (n.) A piece of stone, natural or artificial, used for whetting, or sharpening, edge tools..
Grit :: Grit (n.) Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit..
Empale :: Empale (v. t.) To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
Whet :: Whet (v. t.) To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition; as, to whet a knife..
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..
Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To render more shrill or piercing.
Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires..
Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to..
Acumination :: Acumination (n.) A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
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