1. sharpen

verb. ['ˈʃɑːrpən'] make sharp or sharper.

Rhymes with Sharpen

• tarpon
• karpen

Sentences with sharpen

1. Verb, base form
The best way to sharpen a pair of thinning shears is by using a scissor sharpening device.

Quotes about sharpen

1. Time to leave now, get out of this room, go somewhere, anywhere; sharpen this feeling of happiness and freedom, stretch your limbs, fill your eyes, be awake, wider awake, vividly awake in every sense and every pore.
- Stefan Zweig, The Post-Office Girl

2. I think you're still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
- Veronica Roth, Allegiant

3. I'm not frightened. I'm not frightened of anything. The more I suffer, the more I love. Danger will only increase my love. It will sharpen it, forgive its vice. I will be the only angel you need. You will leave life even more beautiful than you entered it. Heaven will take you back and look at you and say: Only one thing can make a soul complete and that thing is love.
- Bernhard Schlink, The Reader

2. sharpen

verb. ['ˈʃɑːrpən'] put (an image) into focus; we cannot enjoy the movie".

3. sharpen

verb. ['ˈʃɑːrpən'] become sharp or sharper.

4. sharpen

verb. ['ˈʃɑːrpən'] make crisp or more crisp and precise.

5. sharpen

verb. ['ˈʃɑːrpən'] give a point to.

6. sharpen

verb. ['ˈʃɑːrpən'] raise the pitch of (musical notes).

7. sharpen

verb. ['ˈʃɑːrpən'] make (one's senses) more acute.

8. sharpen

verb. ['ˈʃɑːrpən'] make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper.