Word "SHARPEN" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
make (one's senses) more acute
Synonyms:
heighten
Examples:
This drug will sharpen your vision

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
put (an image) into focus
Synonyms:
focalise, focalize, focus

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
give a point to
Synonyms:
point, taper

Crossword Clues for SHARPEN

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Whet (7) The Guardian Quick 08 Aug 2025
Hone Eugene Sheffer 26 Jul 2025
The pan: hers to change, and make a point (7)
Give point to the phrase, "Veering north" (7)
She may get a point for her snap perhaps (7)
Make a point of writing on a rash excursion (7)
File's quiet on writer circumventing a rule (7)
Make the player keener? (7)
Get the point of an instrument in old Japanese coin (7)
Strop (7) Puzzler 22 Feb 2025
Improve her pans, somehow (7)
Give point to a silly phrase in need of point (7)
How to become keen or get rash with a pen
Make one's point, pencil-wise (7)
Make more pointed remark about quick-witted writer (7)
Put an edge on things (7)
Give point to a rambling phrase that requires point (7)
Raise the pitch of stringed instrument held by nurse The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Sep 2024
Improve, as an argument New York Times 13 Sep 2024
Hone small instrument case for Elton The Telegraph Toughie 27 Jun 2024
Give some point to something (7)
Came to a point, and cut things fine (7)
Give a better cutting edge
Strop made by part of fractious harp ensemble The Times Quick Cryptic 25 Apr 2024
Increase keenness? (7)
To hone
She ran round quietly inside to raise pitch (7)
Give an edge Wall Street Journal 27 Mar 2024
Hone Premier Sunday 11 Feb 2024
Produce a point that will shift her pans (7)
Improve the point of a hook, say (7)
Hone The Guardian Quick 02 Jan 2024
Hone Universal 10 Jul 2023
Give more of a point to The Guardian Quick 14 Jun 2023
Whet The Times Concise 18 Sep 2022
Hone Eugene Sheffer 29 Jul 2022
Give a good tip? Universal 11 May 2022
Make pointy, as a pencil Premier Sunday 02 May 2021
Fine-tune New York Times 03 Jul 2020
Gaining power, allocate new file
Improve cutting edge of small instrument in from France
Hone The Sun Two Speed 05 Sep 2019
Make a point? The Sun Two Speed 05 Sep 2019
File kept by writer is on leading scam highlighting ambiguous riches
Make pointed The Times Concise 25 Dec 2018
Dog's tail docked, and indefinite number get into strop The Telegraph Toughie 22 Nov 2018
Give edge to launch site's writer
Assembled her pans to make more tart The Sun Two Speed 15 Feb 2018
Whet The Sun Two Speed 15 Feb 2018
Brush up on, as a skill USA Today 27 Nov 2017
Put a point on The Times Concise 10 Nov 2017
On reduced allowance, writer's become more focused
Hone, as a skill
Hone Thomas Joseph 14 Jul 2017
Hone The Times Concise 13 Feb 2017
Brush up on, as a skill
Make keener and run into form before end of season The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Mar 2016
Give an edge to LA Times Daily 15 Nov 2015
Hone small instrument tip, interminably ... The Telegraph Cryptic 01 Oct 2015
Hone (a knife blade) The Times Concise 01 Sep 2015
Hone Eugene Sheffer 30 Apr 2015
Slightly raise pressure cutting dividend before noon The Times Cryptic 11 Mar 2015
Prepare to use, as a pencil Newsday 09 Feb 2015
Use a whetstone on Universal 03 Feb 2015
Prepare to use, as a pencil
Intensify
Use a whetstone on
Give an edge to
Increase pitch of instrument in three different ways
Improve, as skills
Give an edge to
Make a point of
Put a fresh point on
Whet
Intensify
Improve, as skills
Add a point to?
Make a point
Hone
Make a point, perhaps
Make a finer point
Prepare for use, as a pencil
Use a whetstone
Prepare for use, as a pencil
Make a point, in a way
Use a whetstone on
Get to the point of?
Use an oilstone
Give an edge
Stimulate
Intensify
Whet
Hone
Fix a pencil
Make a point.
Make keener.
Give a fine point to.
Put an edge on.
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