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What is the verb for sharp?

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sharp
  1. (music) To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
  2. To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. swindle, cheat, con, defraud, bilk, fleece, sucker, stiff, cozen, diddle, deceive, trick, sting, victimise, victimize, dupe, rook, hustle, do, flimflam, bleed, skin, hoodwink, gaff, screw, shortchange, mislead, fool, hose, fiddle, bamboozle, mulct, squeeze, stick, hoax, short, chisel, delude, euchre, ream, skunk, chouse, gull, thimblerig, pluck, nobble, scam, beat, hornswoggle, finagle … more
sharpened
  1. simple past tense and past participle of sharpen
  2. Synonyms:
      3. increased, raised, enlarged, improved, incremented, boosted, enhanced, furthered, expanded, extended, proliferated, advanced, amplified, elevated, heightened, maximized, optimized, augmented, developed, enriched, inflated, progressed, strengthened, consolidated, magnified, multiplied, compounded, doubled, escalated, aggrandized, ameliorated, bettered, broadened, built, grew, lengthened, lifted, reinforced, upped, accelerated, added to, amassed, beefed up, built up, bumped up, cranked up, deepened, hiked up, inflamed, jacked up … more
sharped
  1. (music) simple past tense and past participle of sharp
sharpening
  1. present participle of sharpen
  2. Synonyms:
      3. whetting, stropping, honing, edging, grinding, stoning, filing, tapering, acuminating, dressing, making sharp, making sharper, making acute, putting a point on, putting an edge on, pointing, barbing, polishing, shining, burnishing, furbishing, glossing, cutting, forging, smoothening, giving an edge to, improving, bettering, enhancing, perfecting, refining, upgrading, ameliorating, fine-tuning, brushing up, touching up, polishing up, augmenting, developing, helping, boosting, raising, elevating, advancing, working on, optimizing, optimising, making perfect … more
sharping
  1. present participle of sharp
sharpen
  1. (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To make sharp.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. whet, strop, hone, edge, grind, stone, file, taper, acuminate, dress, sharp, make sharp, make sharper, make acute, put a point on, put an edge on, point, barb, polish, shine, burnish, furbish, gloss, cut, forge, smoothen, give an edge to, improve, better, enhance, perfect, refine, upgrade, ameliorate, fine-tune, brush up, touch up, polish up, augment, develop, help, boost, raise, elevate, advance, work on, optimize, optimise … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “If you're still with me, be prepared to sharpen both your pencils and your little gray cells.”
      “My visit to France was a great opportunity to sharpen my spoken French.”
      “The exchange of dark-squared Bishops would have left Black with a very passive position, so he decides to sharpen things up a bit.”
sharpens
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sharpen
  2. Synonyms:
      3. whets, strops, hones, edges, grinds, stones, files, tapers, acuminates, dresses, sharps, makes sharp, makes sharper, makes acute, puts a point on, puts an edge on, points, barbs, polishes, shines, burnishes, furbishes, glosses, cuts, forges, smoothens, gives an edge to, improves, betters, enhances, perfects, refines, upgrades, ameliorates, fine-tunes, brushes up, touches up, polishes up, augments, develops, helps, boosts, raises, elevates, advances, works on, optimises, optimizes … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “And I think when the economic message sharpens on health care, the economy, job creation, you'll see the race tighten.”
      “Keeping yourself in the game sharpens your skill set, which ultimately makes you a better employee, even in your current job.”
      “This broad and undulating ridge gradually narrows and eventually sharpens to a knife edge just below the rocky summit slopes.”
sharpeneth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of sharpen
sharps
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sharp
sharpenest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of sharpen
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