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Definition of sharpens

"sharpens" in the verb sense

1. sharpen

make sharp or sharper

"sharpen the knives"

2. sharpen

make crisp or more crisp and precise

"We had to sharpen our arguments"

3. sharpen

become sharp or sharper

"The debate sharpened"

4. focus, focalize, focalise, sharpen

put (an image) into focus we cannot enjoy the movie"

"Please focus the image

5. sharpen

make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper

6. sharpen

raise the pitch of (musical notes)

7. sharpen, taper, point

give a point to

"The candles are tapered"

8. sharpen, heighten

make (one's senses) more acute

"This drug will sharpen your vision"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for sharpens

Necessity sharpens industry. [ Proverb ]

Nothing sharpens sight like envy. [ Proverb ]

Iron sharpens iron; scholar, the scholar. [ Talmud ]

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. [ Proverb ]

A good dinner sharpens wit, while it softens the heart. [ Doran ]

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. [ Burke ]

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. [ Burke ]

Grief sharpens the understanding and strengthens the soul, whereas joy seldom troubles itself about the former, and makes the latter either effeminate or frivolous. [ F. Schubert ]

Art is the microscope of the mind, which sharpens the wit as the other does the sight; and converts every object into a little universe in itself. Art may be said to draw aside the veil from nature. To those who are perfectly unskilled in the practice, unimbued with the principles of art, most objects present only a confused mass. [ Hazlitt ]

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sharpens in Scrabble®

The word sharpens is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters sharpens:

SHARPENS
(144)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (8 words)

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sharpens in Words With Friends™

The word sharpens is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters sharpens:

SHARPENS
(132)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (8 words)

harness, phrases, resnaps, respans, seraphs, shapers, sharpen, sherpas

 

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Words containing the sequence sharpens

Words that start with sharpens (1 word)

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Words with sharpens in them (1 word)

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Words that end with sharpens (3 words)

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Word Growth involving sharpens

Shorter words in sharpens

en ens pens

en pen pens

pe pen pens

en pen sharpen

pe pen sharpen

ar harp sharp sharpen

ha harp sharp sharpen

Longer words containing sharpens

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