Crossword-Solution: SHARPEN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Sharpen | a. | To make sharp. |
| Sharpen | a. | To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw. |
| Sharpen | a. | To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious. |
| Sharpen | a. | To make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires. |
| Sharpen | a. | To make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease. |
| Sharpen | a. | To make biting, sarcastic, or severe. |
| Sharpen | a. | To render more shrill or piercing. |
| Sharpen | a. | To make more tart or acid; to make sour; as, the rays of the sun sharpen vinegar. |
| Sharpen | a. | To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to. |
| Sharpen | v. i. | To grow or become sharp. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAEER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SHARPEN (5)
But that, as Emil himself had more than once reflected, was Alexandra’s blind side, and her life had not been of the kind to sharpen her vision.
You were not aware of any hurrying feet on the stair as you entered the outer door?” “No, I can’t say I was.” “Well, he wrote so furiously that he broke his pencil, and had, as you observe, to sharpen it again.
Now he would sharpen a “hoe” excavator, now he would busy himself for a whole hour making “mats” and “cylinders.” Then he would look over his slate where he kept a record of his appointments.
But would it not be desirable to try to exert an influence upon him, to try to quicken his moral life and sharpen his sense of duty? He liked everything, he accepted everything, he found amusement in everything; he was not discriminating, he had not a high tone.
You were not aware of any hurrying feet on the stair as you entered the outer door?” “No, I can't say I was.” “Well, he wrote so furiously that he broke his pencil, and had, as you observe, to sharpen it again.
Quotes with SHARPEN (3)
I think you're still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.
I'm not frightened. I'm not frightened of anything. The more I suffer, the more I love. Danger will only increase my love. It will sharpen it, forgive its vice. I will be the only angel you need. You will leave life even more beautiful than you entered it. Heaven will take you back and look at you and say: Only one thing can make a soul complete and that thing is love.
Tragedy and adversary are the stones we sharpen our swords against so we can fight new battles.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 35 times in crossword archives (1967–2024).