verb
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(sometimes figurative) To make sharp.
example
to sharpen a pencil or a knife or a musical note
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To become sharp.
noun
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The act by which something is sharpened.
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(in the plural) The debris produced when a pencil is sharpened.
Examples of sharpening in a Sentence
The Cossack was sharpening the saber under the wagon.
Kiki asked, gaze sharpening.
Andre asked, gaze sharpening.
A sharpening stone should always be carried with the chisel hoe.
At a pinch I've also used them for sharpening garden secateurs!
Saw set, to set teeth when sharpening saws.
At a pinch I 've also used them for sharpening garden secateurs !
There are many tools you could use for sharpening pastel pencils such as a craft knife, a scalpel, or a Stanley knife.
The key thing in modern communism is the sharpening of the struggle between the new and old.
The sharpening of the crisis in Poland gives an opportunity to adventurers.
Chill your lip pencil in the freezer briefly before sharpening.
The pencils must be sharpened occasionally, but the automatic eye definers do not need sharpening.
From simple sharpening to extensive manipulations, free Photoshop tools offer users access to applications like the ones professionals rely on every day.
The BluBalance lenses brighten your visibility while sharpening the images around you.
For instance, instead of being limited to just opening cans, some modern models have bag opener, bottle opener and knife sharpening capabilities as well.
Katie straightened, gaze sharpening.
The shares, when made of the same material, required constant sharpening; this necessity was removed by the device, patented by Robert Ransome in 1803, of chilling and so hardening the under-surface of the share; the upper surface, which is soft, then wears away more quickly than the chilled part, whereby a sharp edge is always assured.
But the phrases of the creed seem to have needed sharpening 1 The first person who doubted the authorship seems to have been Joachim Camerarius, 1551, who was so fiercely attacked in consequence that he omitted the passage from his Latin edition.
The exclusive preoccupation of men's minds with the question of knowledge during the neo-Kantian revival in the 'seventies of the last century drew from Lotze the caustic criticism that "the continual sharpening of the knife becomes tiresome, if, after all, we have nothing to cut with it."
Everything a cat could want for a day or night spent hiding, sleeping and sharpening those claws.
Saw set, to set teeth when sharpening saw set, to set teeth when sharpening saws.
Other locally made stone objects include whetstones, smooth hand held stones used for sharpening knives.
This council not only continued the Hildebrandine reforms by sharpening the discipline of the clergy, but marks an epoch in the history of the papacy by its famous regulation of future elections to the Holy See (see Lateran Councils, and Conclave).
Besides Denisov and Dolokhov (who also led a small party and moved in Denisov's vicinity), the commanders of some large divisions with staffs also knew of this convoy and, as Denisov expressed it, were sharpening their teeth for it.
Price £ 21.27 Disposable Knife Holder Enables the use of safety razor blades for section cutting removing the need for knife sharpening.
This seems to be a definite sharpening of the focus compared with the more inclusive functions of 1912.
The video for photographers features photographer Julieanne Kost and outlines some of the great new features of CS5, including the new HDR merge and the improved demosaic and sharpening tools.
It is a great website for sharpening your Uno skills for the next game night with family and friends.
Use a photo editing program to enhance the picture if necessary (cropping, sharpening, etc.) but try not to misrepresent the ring with too much retouching.
If one or more of your senses felt stronger than some of the others, these are the senses that are currently the most developed and most ripe for sharpening into true psychic abilities.
Among the tongue splitting and teeth sharpening, Lizardman has also had most of his body tattooed with a green and black scale pattern.
If the creed-phrases needed sharpening against the revived Nestorian error of the Adoptianists, it is scarcely likely to have been written during the generation following the condemnation of Nestorius in 431.