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- sharpen:
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sharp:
- sharp; pointed; perky; astute; clever; resourceful; wily; bright; smart; sharp-edged; razor-sharp; vicious; mean; nasty; shrewd; cunning; sly; underhand; vile; slippery; false; low; keen; stinging; cutting; intelligent; knowledgable; wise; sensible; brainy; brilliant; keen-edged; jagged; furious; blazing; angry; bitter; virulent; fiery; indignant; glaring; nimble; quick
- keen; disabled; sharp; cripled
- sharp; shrewd; astute; crisp; abrupt; precipitous; shrill; keen; acute; piercing; penetrating; incisive; knifelike; penetrative; discriminating; tart; sharp-worded; acuate; needlelike
- sharp; sharply; acutely
- sharp
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Detailed Synonyms for sharpen in English
sharpen:
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to sharpen
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to sharpen
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to sharpen
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to sharpen
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to sharpen
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to sharpen
– put (an image) into focus 1 -
to sharpen
– become sharp or sharper 1 -
to sharpen
– make crisp or more crisp and precise 1 -
to sharpen
– make (one's senses) more acute 1 -
to sharpen
– give a point to 1 -
to sharpen
– raise the pitch of (musical notes) 1 -
to sharpen
– make sharp or sharper 1 -
to sharpen
– make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper 1 -
to sharpen
– To enhance the edges of subjects in an image. 2
Conjugations for sharpen:
present
- sharpen
- sharpen
- sharpens
- sharpen
- sharpen
- sharpen
simple past
- sharpened
- sharpened
- sharpened
- sharpened
- sharpened
- sharpened
present perfect
- have sharpened
- have sharpened
- has sharpened
- have sharpened
- have sharpened
- have sharpened
past continuous
- was sharpening
- were sharpening
- was sharpening
- were sharpening
- were sharpening
- were sharpening
future
- shall sharpen
- will sharpen
- will sharpen
- shall sharpen
- will sharpen
- will sharpen
continuous present
- am sharpening
- are sharpening
- is sharpening
- are sharpening
- are sharpening
- are sharpening
subjunctive
- be sharpened
- be sharpened
- be sharpened
- be sharpened
- be sharpened
- be sharpened
diverse
- sharpen!
- let's sharpen!
- sharpened
- sharpening
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they
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sharpen form of sharp:
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intelligent; smart; knowledgable; wise; sensible; brainy; clever; sharp; brilliant-
intelligent adj
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smart adj
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knowledgable adj
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wise adj
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sensible adj
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brainy adj
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clever adj
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sharp adj
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brilliant adj
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sharp
– marked by practical hardheaded intelligence 1 -
sharp
– (of something seen or heard) clearly defined 1 -
sharp
– having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing 1 -
sharp
– keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point 1 -
sharp
– quick and forceful 1 -
sharp
– very sudden and in great amount or degree 1 -
sharp
– extremely steep 1 -
sharp
– having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones 1 -
sharp
– (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone 1 -
sharp
– having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions 1keen; sharp; acute; piercing; penetrating; incisive; knifelike; penetrative; discriminating– having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions 1-
keen adj
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sharp adj
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acute adj
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piercing adj
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penetrating adj
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incisive adj
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knifelike adj
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penetrative adj
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discriminating adj
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sharp
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sharp
– ending in a sharp point 1sharp; acute; acuate; needlelike– ending in a sharp point 1-
sharp adj
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acute adj
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acuate adj
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needlelike adj
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sharp
– changing suddenly in direction and degree 1
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the sharp
– a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point 1 -
the sharp
– a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named 1