sharpen :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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Verbs (10)

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v. make sharp or sharper; "sharpen the knives"

v. become sharp or sharper; "The debate sharpened"

v. make crisp or more crisp and precise; "We had to sharpen our arguments"

v. raise the pitch of (musical notes)

v. make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper

sharpen, heighten

v. make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision"

sharpen, taper, point

v. give a point to; "The candles are tapered"

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Fuzzynyms (20)

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v. make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

embitter, envenom, acerbate

v. cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices embittered her even more"

v. furnish with a grate; "a grated fireplace"

sour, acidify, acidulate, acetify

v. make sour or more sour

narrow, contract

v. make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"

thin

v. lose thickness; become thin or thinner

v. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

decrease, diminish, lessen, fall

v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

rarefy, attenuate

v. weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)

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Antonyms (5)

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v. make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

v. lower the pitch of (musical notes)

v. make (images or sounds) soft or softer

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