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Meaning of sharpen

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  sharpen
      v 1: make sharp or sharper; "sharpen the knives" [ant: {blunt},
           {dull}]
      2: make crisp or more crisp and precise; "We had to sharpen our
         arguments"
      3: become sharp or sharper; "The debate sharpened"
      4: put (an image) into focus; "Please focus the image; we cannot
         enjoy the movie" [syn: {focus}, {focalize}, {focalise},
         {sharpen}] [ant: {blear}, {blur}]
      5: make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper [ant: {soften}]
      6: raise the pitch of (musical notes) [ant: {drop}, {flatten}]
      7: give a point to; "The candles are tapered" [syn: {sharpen},
         {taper}, {point}]
      8: make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your
         vision" [syn: {sharpen}, {heighten}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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