sharpening

Speech parts

1. sharpening - Noun

2. sharpening - Verb

Meaning

of Sharpen

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

whetstone point increase better training increasing file aggravation focus improve edge pointed sharp enhance focusing
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Antonyms

blight confusing fading softening clouding stupefying
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Phrases with the word

sharpening steel sharpening rod sharpening stick sharpening apparatus sharpening device

Examples

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln

I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife. Zora Neale Hurston

Of course politics is an interesting and engrossing thing. It offers no immutable laws, nearly always prevaricates, but as far as blather and sharpening the mind go, it provides inexhaustible material. Anton Chekhov

The calf isn't even born yet and there he is sharpening his carving knife. Lithuanian Proverb

Spirit is the sword and experience the sharpening stone. Arabic Proverb

Sharpening a knife does not frighten a horse. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

sharpened sharpened pin sharpener sharpening apparatus sharpening device sharpening rod