sharpen
/ʃɑrpən/
verb
7 letters2 syllables12 points in Scrabble®13 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS8
VERB
1
Make (one's senses) more acute.
“This drug will sharpen your vision”
2
Put (an image) into focus.
3
Give a point to.
4
Become sharp or sharper.
“The debate sharpened”
5
Make crisp or more crisp and precise.
“We had to sharpen our arguments”
6
Make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper.
7
Make sharp or sharper.
“sharpen the knives”
8
Raise the pitch of (musical notes).
WORD FORMS
Related formsharpener
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®12 points
Words With Friends®13 points
Double word24 points
Triple word36 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinarpenshay
Starts & ends withS … N
Syllablessharp · en
SYNONYMS & RELATED10
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