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sharpe

English

Adjective

sharpe (comparative more sharpe, superlative most sharpe)

  1. Obsolete spelling of sharp
    • 19th century, Jean Ingelow - The Brides of Enderby
      If it be long ay, long ago,
      When I beginne to think howe long,
      Againe I hear the Lindis flow,
      Swift as an arrowe, sharpe and strong;

Anagrams

  • E sharp, E-sharp, Harpes, Sherpa, Spehar, e sharp, e-sharp, harpes, hepars, pasher, phares, phaser, phrase, raphes, seraph, shaper, sherpa, shrape, sphear

Aromanian

Noun

sharpe m

  1. Alternative form of sharpi

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sharpen

English

Etymology

From Middle English scharpenen, scharpnen, equivalent to sharp +? -en.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /????p?n/
  • Rhymes: -??(?)p?n

Verb

sharpen (third-person singular simple present sharpens, present participle sharpening, simple past and past participle sharpened)

  1. (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To make sharp.
    • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
      He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill.
  2. (intransitive) To become sharp.

Synonyms

  • hone (figurative sense)
  • whet

Antonyms

  • blunt
  • blur

Derived terms

  • sharpener

Translations

Anagrams

  • Hapners, pherans

sharpen From the web:

  • what sharpens iron
  • what sharpens a knife
  • what sharpening stone to buy
  • what sharpens steel
  • what sharpens knives
  • what sharpens scissors
  • what sharpening stone for kitchen knives
  • what sharpens your brain
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