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sharp·ened

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sharpenedadjective

    having the point made sharp

    "a sharpened pencil"

  2. sharpenedadjective

    made sharp or sharper

    "a sharpened knife cuts more cleanly"

Wiktionary

  1. sharpenedadjective

    Having a sharp point or edge.

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  1. sharpened

    Sharpened refers to the process of making something more precise, effective, clear, or intense. This could refer to physical objects, like sharpening the edge of a knife, or abstract concepts, like sharpening one's skills or memory.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sharpened in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sharpened in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of sharpened in a Sentence

  1. Simon Cheng:

    I was hung (handcuffed and shackled) on a steep X-Cross doing a spread-eagled pose for hours after hours, sometimes, they ordered me to do the 'stress tests', which includes extreme strength exercise such as 'squat' and 'chair pose' for countless hours. They beat me every time I failed to do so using something like sharpened batons.

  2. Ian Wilson:

    The government is on the offensive against what they see as a potential locus of popular Islamist opposition, sharpened by the recent return of Rizieq, while having a sound legal foundation, the banning is clearly politically driven as well.

  3. Guillermo Bernal:

    This is a name linked with war and an aspect which was not previously known as the hieroglyphic (could not be) deciphered until now, 'The House of the Nine Sharpened Spears' is a denomination represented by the nine warriors in the walls of the tomb.

  4. Dmitry Medvedev:

    An act of terror with our plane and the terror attack in Paris ... have sharpened the global political agenda, the war is declared against the whole civilised world. The threat is global and, alas, is real. So the stance of some Western countries on Russia looks weird.

  5. Michael Connelly:

    The trick if you are sitting at the defense table is to be patient. To wait. Not just for any lie. But for the one you can grab on to and forge like hot iron into a sharpened blade. You then use that blade to rip the case open and spill its guts on the floor.

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