Sharpen

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Sharpen

Sharpen : கூர்மையாக்கு

Sharpen : கூர்மையாக்கு

Sharpen definition

Adjective.

  1. To make sharp.
  2. To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw.
  3. To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious.
  4. To make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires.
  5. To make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease.
  6. To make biting, sarcastic, or severe.
  7. To render more shrill or piercing.
  8. To make more tart or acid; to make sour; as, the rays of the sun sharpen vinegar.
  9. To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to.

Intransitive verb. To grow or become sharp.