"sharpen" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈʃɑɹpən/ [General-American], /ˈʃɑːpən/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sharpen.wav Forms: sharpens [present, singular, third-person], sharpening [participle, present], sharpened [participle, past], sharpened [past]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)pən Etymology: From Middle English scharpenen, scharpnen, equivalent to sharp + -en. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|scharpenen}} Middle English scharpenen, {{suffix|en|sharp|en|id2=inchoative}} sharp + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} sharpen (third-person singular simple present sharpens, present participle sharpening, simple past and past participle sharpened)
  1. (transitive, sometimes figurative) To make sharp. Tags: figuratively, sometimes, transitive Translations (to make sharp): ὀξύνω (oxúnō) (Ancient Greek), شَحَذَ (šaḥaḏa) (Arabic), սրել (srel) (Armenian), itiləmək (Azerbaijani), zorroztu (Basque), остря (ostrja) (Bulgarian), точа (toča) (Bulgarian), ချွန် (hkywan) (Burmese), arrodare (Campidanese Sardinian), esmolar (Catalan), agusar (Catalan), ᎬᏟᎭ (gvtliha) (Cherokee), (mó) (Chinese Mandarin), 削尖 (xuējiān) (english: pencil) (Chinese Mandarin), qayramaq (Crimean Tatar), ostřit [imperfective] (Czech), skærpe (Danish), scherpen (Dutch), slijpen (Dutch), aanscherpen (Dutch), akrigi (Esperanto), ihuma hammast/hambaid (english: a tooth/teeth) (Estonian), teravdama (teravda) (Estonian), teritama pliiatsit (terita) (english: a pencil) (Estonian), teroittaa (Finnish), affiler (French), affûter (French), aiguiser (French), spiçâ (Friulian), afiar (Galician), aguzar (Galician), arrudà (Gallurese), გალესვა (galesva) (Georgian), წაწვეტება (c̣ac̣veṭeba) (Georgian), წამახვა (c̣amaxva) (Georgian), მოპირვა (moṗirva) (Georgian), schärfen (english: blade) (German), spitzen (english: pencil) (German), ακονίζω (akonízo) (Greek), पैना करना (painā karnā) (Hindi), élesít (Hungarian), hegyez (english: pencil) (Hungarian), kihegyez (Hungarian), fen (english: whet a knife) (Hungarian), köszörül (Hungarian), mengasah (Indonesian), hiuttaa (Ingrian), kirahuttaa (Ingrian), faobhraigh (Irish), géaraigh (Irish), arrotare (Italian), affilare (Italian), molare (Italian), affinare (Italian), 研ぐ (togu) (alt: とぐ) (Japanese), 削る (kezuru) (english: pencil) (alt: けずる) (Japanese), ngasah (Javanese), ұштау (ūştau) (Kazakh), សំរួច (sɑmruəc) (Khmer), acuō (Latin), schäerfen (Luxembourgish), schläifen (Luxembourgish), о́стри (óstri) [imperfective] (Macedonian), то́чи (tóči) [imperfective] (Macedonian), ши́ли (šíli) (Macedonian), asah (Malay), oroi (Maori), whakakoi (Maori), whakaratarata (Maori), whakangangahu (english: a sound or an image) (Maori), хурцлах (xurclax) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ирлэх (irlex) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), билүүдэх (bilüüdex) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), үрэх (ürex) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), үзүүрлэх (üzüürlex) (english: pencil) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠬᠤᠷᠴᠠᠯᠠᠬᠤ (qurčalaqu) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), ᠢᠷᠯᠡᠬᠦ (irlekü) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), ᠪᠢᠯᠡᠭᠦᠳᠡᠬᠦ (bilegüdekü) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), ᠦᠷᠦᠬᠦ (ürükü) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), ᠦᠵᠦᠭᠦᠷᠯᠡᠬᠦ (üǰügürlekü) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), пивэ- (piwe-) (Nanai), сули- (suli-) (Nanai), appointchi (english: pencil) (Norman), skjerpe (Norwegian Bokmål), kvesse (Norwegian Bokmål), hvesse (Norwegian Bokmål), skjerpe (Norwegian Nynorsk), kvesse (Norwegian Nynorsk), amolar (Occitan), agusar (Occitan), qaruu (Oromo), ostrzyć [imperfective] (Polish), afiar (note: of a blade) (Portuguese), apontar (note: of a point) (Portuguese), ascuți (Romanian), точи́ть (točítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), заточи́ть (zatočítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), наточи́ть (natočítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), поточи́ть (potočítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), arrodare [Logudorese] (Sardinian), arruddà (Sassarese), šiljiti (Serbo-Croatian), šiliti [imperfective] (Slovene), ošiliti [perfective] (Slovene), afilar (Spanish), tajar (english: pencil, Andes) (Spanish), sacar punta a (english: pencil) (Spanish), poner más nítido (Spanish), nitidizar (Spanish), nitificar (Spanish), vässa (Swedish), hasa (Tausug), పదునుపెట్టు (padunupeṭṭu) (Telugu), ลับ (láp) (note: of a blade) (Thai), เหลา (lǎo) (note: of a point) (Thai), заго́стрювати (zahóstrjuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), загостри́ти (zahostrýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), mài (Vietnamese), vót (Vietnamese), japükön (Volapük), tipükön (english: pencil) (Volapük), rawijhî (Walloon), shinmî (Walloon), rishinmî (Walloon)
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  2. (intransitive) To become sharp. Tags: intransitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hone (english: figurative sense), whet Derived forms: sharpener, sharpen up

Inflected forms

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          "text": "to sharpen a pencil or a knife or a musical note",
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          "ref": "1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill.",
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          "ref": "2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 26:",
          "text": "The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.[…]who, if anyone, is policing their use. Such concerns were sharpened further by the continuing revelations about how the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been using algorithms to help it interpret the colossal amounts of data it has collected from its covert dragnet of international telecommunications.",
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          "sharp"
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        "(transitive, sometimes figurative) To make sharp."
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "šaḥaḏa",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "شَحَذَ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "srel",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "սրել"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "itiləmək"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "zorroztu"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ostrja",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "остря"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "toča",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "точа"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "hkywan",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "ချွန်"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "esmolar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "agusar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "gvtliha",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "ᎬᏟᎭ"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "mó",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "磨"
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          "english": "pencil",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xuējiān",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "削尖"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "qayramaq"
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
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          "word": "ostřit"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "skærpe"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "slijpen"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "word": "akrigi"
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          "english": "a tooth/teeth",
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "ihuma hammast/hambaid"
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          "word": "teravdama (teravda)"
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "teritama pliiatsit (terita)"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "word": "spiçâ"
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          "word": "afiar"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "word": "aguzar"
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          "word": "arrudà"
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "გალესვა"
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          "roman": "c̣ac̣veṭeba",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "წაწვეტება"
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "წამახვა"
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        {
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          "roman": "moṗirva",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "მოპირვა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "blade",
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "schärfen"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "de",
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          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "spitzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "el",
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "ακονίζω"
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        {
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "ὀξύνω"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "roman": "painā karnā",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "पैना करना"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "word": "élesít"
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        {
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "hegyez"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "kihegyez"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "english": "whet a knife",
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "fen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "köszörül"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "mengasah"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "word": "hiuttaa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "word": "kirahuttaa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "faobhraigh"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "géaraigh"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "arrotare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "affilare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "molare"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "affinare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "togu",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "研ぐ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "alt": "けずる",
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          "english": "pencil",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kezuru",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "削る"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "word": "ngasah"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ūştau",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "ұштау"
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          "roman": "sɑmruəc",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "សំរួច"
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "acuō"
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          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "schäerfen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "schläifen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "óstri",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "о́стри"
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        {
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "tóči",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "то́чи"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "šíli",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "ши́ли"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "asah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "oroi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "whakakoi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "whakaratarata"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "mi",
          "english": "a sound or an image",
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "whakangangahu"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "mn",
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          "roman": "xurclax",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "хурцлах"
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        {
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          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "irlex",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "tags": [
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        {
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          "roman": "bilüüdex",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "tags": [
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        {
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          "english": "pencil",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "үзүүрлэх"
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          "roman": "qurčalaqu",
          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "пивэ-"
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        {
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          "roman": "suli-",
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          "word": "сули-"
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          "word": "appointchi"
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "skjerpe"
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "kvesse"
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          "word": "hvesse"
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          "word": "skjerpe"
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "word": "amolar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "agusar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "sense": "to make sharp",
          "word": "qaruu"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "lang": "Polish",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English scharpenen, scharpnen, equivalent to sharp + -en.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sharpens",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sharpening",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sharpened",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sharpened",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sharpen (third-person singular simple present sharpens, present participle sharpening, simple past and past participle sharpened)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to sharpen a pencil or a knife or a musical note",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 26:",
          "text": "The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.[…]who, if anyone, is policing their use. Such concerns were sharpened further by the continuing revelations about how the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been using algorithms to help it interpret the colossal amounts of data it has collected from its covert dragnet of international telecommunications.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make sharp."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sharp",
          "sharp"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, sometimes figurative) To make sharp."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "sometimes",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become sharp."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To become sharp."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɑɹpən/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɑːpən/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)pən"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "figurative sense",
      "word": "hone"
    },
    {
      "word": "whet"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šaḥaḏa",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "شَحَذَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "srel",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "սրել"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "itiləmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "zorroztu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ostrja",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "остря"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "toča",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "точа"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hkywan",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "ချွန်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "esmolar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "agusar"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "gvtliha",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "ᎬᏟᎭ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mó",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "磨"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "pencil",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xuējiān",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "削尖"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "qayramaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ostřit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "skærpe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "scherpen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "slijpen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "aanscherpen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "akrigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "english": "a tooth/teeth",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "ihuma hammast/hambaid"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "teravdama (teravda)"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "english": "a pencil",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "teritama pliiatsit (terita)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "teroittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "affiler"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "affûter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "aiguiser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "spiçâ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "afiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "aguzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdn",
      "lang": "Gallurese",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "arrudà"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "galesva",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "გალესვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣ac̣veṭeba",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "წაწვეტება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣amaxva",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "წამახვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "moṗirva",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "მოპირვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "blade",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "schärfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "pencil",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "spitzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "akonízo",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "ακονίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "oxúnō",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "ὀξύνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "painā karnā",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "पैना करना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "élesít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "pencil",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "hegyez"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "kihegyez"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "whet a knife",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "fen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "köszörül"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "mengasah"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "hiuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "kirahuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "faobhraigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "géaraigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "arrotare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "affilare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "molare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "affinare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "とぐ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "togu",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "研ぐ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "けずる",
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "pencil",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kezuru",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "削る"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "ngasah"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ūştau",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "ұштау"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sɑmruəc",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "សំរួច"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "acuō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "schäerfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "schläifen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "óstri",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "о́стри"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "tóči",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "то́чи"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "šíli",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "ши́ли"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "asah"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "oroi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "whakakoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "whakaratarata"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "a sound or an image",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "whakangangahu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xurclax",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "хурцлах"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "irlex",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ирлэх"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "bilüüdex",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "билүүдэх"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ürex",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "үрэх"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "english": "pencil",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "üzüürlex",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "үзүүрлэх"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "qurčalaqu",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠬᠤᠷᠴᠠᠯᠠᠬᠤ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "irlekü",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠢᠷᠯᠡᠬᠦ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "bilegüdekü",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠪᠢᠯᠡᠭᠦᠳᠡᠬᠦ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ürükü",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠦᠷᠦᠬᠦ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "üǰügürlekü",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠦᠵᠦᠭᠦᠷᠯᠡᠬᠦ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gld",
      "lang": "Nanai",
      "roman": "piwe-",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "пивэ-"
    },
    {
      "code": "gld",
      "lang": "Nanai",
      "roman": "suli-",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "сули-"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "english": "pencil",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "appointchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "skjerpe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "kvesse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "hvesse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "skjerpe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "kvesse"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "amolar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "agusar"
    },
    {
      "code": "om",
      "lang": "Oromo",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "qaruu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ostrzyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "note": "of a blade",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "afiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "note": "of a point",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "apontar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "ascuți"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "točítʹ",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "точи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zatočítʹ",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заточи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "natočítʹ",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "наточи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "potočítʹ",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "поточи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "arrodare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "tags": [
        "Logudorese"
      ],
      "word": "arrodare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdc",
      "lang": "Sassarese",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "arruddà"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "šiljiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "šiliti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ošiliti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "afilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "pencil, Andes",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "tajar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "pencil",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "sacar punta a"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "poner más nítido"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "nitidizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "nitificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "vässa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tsg",
      "lang": "Tausug",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "hasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "padunupeṭṭu",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "పదునుపెట్టు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "note": "of a blade",
      "roman": "láp",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "ลับ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "note": "of a point",
      "roman": "lǎo",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "เหลา"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zahóstrjuvaty",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заго́стрювати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zahostrýty",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "загостри́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "mài"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "vót"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "japükön"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "english": "pencil",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "tipükön"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "rawijhî"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "shinmî"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to make sharp",
      "word": "rishinmî"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sharpen"
}

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