"sharpen" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈʃɑrpɨn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sharpen.wav [UK] Forms: sharpen [canonical], sharpens [third-person, singular], sharpened [past], sharpened [past, participle], sharpening [present, participle]
Etymology: sharp + -en Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|sharp|en}} sharp + -en Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you sharpen something, you make it sharper. Synonyms: acuminate
    Sense id: simple-sharpen-en-verb-4byvCABN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -en
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