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..
Fitche :: Fitche (a.) Sharpened to a point; pointed.
Strop :: Strop (v. t.) To draw over, or rub upon, a strop with a view to sharpen; as, to strop a razor..
Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To render more shrill or piercing.
Sharpen :: Sharpen (v. i.) To grow or become sharp.
Acuate :: Acuate (a.) Sharpened; sharp-pointed.
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..
Harpoon :: Harpoon (n.) A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun..
Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To make biting, sarcastic, or severe..
Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to..
Pickedness :: Pickedness (n.) The state of being sharpened; pointedness.
Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious.
Sharp :: Sharp (v. t.) To sharpen.
Stonebird :: Stone (n.) To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone..
Rub :: Rub (n.) A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; -- called also rubstone..
Rebate :: Rebate (n.) An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood..
Grind :: Grind (n.) The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction..
Strap :: Strap (n.) A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor; a strop..
Spiculate :: Spiculate (v. t.) To sharpen to a point.
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..
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