Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of sharpen is as below...

Rebate :: Rebate (n.) An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood..

Edge :: Edge (v. t.) To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.

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

Grind :: Grind (v. i.) To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge..

Sharpen :: 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..

Steel :: Steel (n.) An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives.

Rifle :: Rifle (n.) A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes..

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 make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease..

Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To make sharp.

Knife-edge :: Knife-edge (n.) A piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction..

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

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

Grind :: Grind (n.) The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction..

Rub :: Rub (n.) A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; -- called also rubstone..

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..

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

Crowbar :: Crowbar (n.) A bar of iron sharpened at one end, and used as a lever..

Acumination :: Acumination (n.) A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.

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..

Random Fonts

Most Popular