SHARPEN

• (verb) put (an image) into focus

  "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie"

  synonyms : focalise , focalize , focus

• (verb) become sharp or sharper

  "The debate sharpened"

• (verb) make crisp or more crisp and precise

  "We had to sharpen our arguments"

• (verb) make (one's senses) more acute

  "This drug will sharpen your vision"

  synonyms : heighten

• (verb) give a point to

  "The candles are tapered"

  synonyms : point , taper

• (verb) raise the pitch of (musical notes)

• (verb) make sharp or sharper

  "sharpen the knives"

• (verb) make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper

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