Definition of Sharpened

1. Adjective. Having the point made sharp. "A sharpened pencil"

Similar to: Pointed

2. Adjective. Made sharp or sharper. "A sharpened knife cuts more cleanly"
Similar to: Sharp

Definition of Sharpened

1. Adjective. Having a sharp point or edge. ¹

2. Verb. (past of sharpen) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sharpened

1. sharpen [v] - See also: sharpen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sharpened

sharp-tailed grouse
sharp-tongued
sharp-witted
sharp-worded
sharp as a tack
sharp cookie
sharp practice
sharp tongue
sharpbill
sharpbills
sharpchin flyingfish
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sharpened
sharpener
sharpeners
sharpeneth
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Literary usage of Sharpened

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of State Trials: New Seriesby Great Britain State Trials Committee, John Macdonell, John Edward Power Wallis by Great Britain State Trials Committee, John Macdonell, John Edward Power Wallis (1888)
"They were sharpened at Did you afterwards advance with the other officers to ... Every one of these were sharpened at the end, and shod with iron P—No, sir; ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Sheets tapered or sharpened at the ends oscil- Ir.te more rapidly than do rectangular ones of the same length, while sheets narrowed at the middle or ..."

3. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated Out of by Robert M. Hartley, American Bible Society, Wightman family (1875)
"... 3 They have sharpened their tongues like ;i serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. 4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked ..."

4. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"... ю A hard, dull bitterness of cold, That checked, mid-vein, the circling race Of life-blood in the sharpened face, The coming of the snow-storm told. ..."

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