- sharpened - having the point made sharp; "a sharpened pencil"
Antonyms: pointless, unpointed (indirect, via pointed)
- sharpened - made sharp or sharper; "a sharpened knife cuts more cleanly"
Antonym: dull (indirect, via sharp)
- sharpen - make sharp or sharper; "sharpen the knives"
--1 is one way to change, alter, modify
Antonyms: dull, blunt
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun sharpener1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- sharpen - make sharp or sharper; "We had to sharpen our arguments"
--2 is one way to intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- sharpen - become sharp or sharper; "The debate sharpened"
--3 is one way to intensify, deepen
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Something ----s
- focus, focalize, focalise, sharpen - put (an image) into focus; "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie"
--4 is one way to adjust, set, correct
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- sharpen - make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper
--5 is one way to change intensity
Antonyms: soften
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- sharpen - raise the pitch of (musical notes)
--6 is one way to change, alter, modify
Antonyms: flatten, drop
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- sharpen, taper, point - give a point to; "The candles are tapered"
--7 is one way to change shape, change form, deform
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Somebody ----s something
- sharpen, heighten - make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision"
--8 is one way to intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- sharpen - become sharp or sharper; "The debate sharpened"