sharpen
Make more keen
To sharpen is to make something sharp or sharper—giving a blade a finer edge, bringing a point to greater acuteness: sharpen a knife, sharpen a pencil.
The meaning extends to making things more acute or precise: sharpen your skills, sharpen the focus of an argument.
Images sharpen when they become clearer.
Conflicts sharpen when they intensify.
Stone for sharpening blades
- grindstoneRotating stone for sharpening
- stropLeather sharpening strip
- honeMake keener or better
- fileStored collection of data
abrasive · sandpaper · knife · razor · blade · scythe · ax · chisel
Make keener or better
- refineRemove impurities from
- perfectWithout any flaw
- improveRaise in quality
- enhanceIncrease in quality
practice · training · develop · polish · master · expertise · proficiency · technique
State of being understandable
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- definitionStatement of meaning
acuity · perception · discernment · awareness · alertness · vigilance · observation · detail
whetstone
Stone for sharpening blades
- grindstoneRotating stone for sharpening
- stropLeather sharpening strip
- honeMake keener or better
file · abrasive · sandpaper · knife · razor · blade · scythe · ax · chisel · sickle
hone
Make keener or better
enhance · practice · training · develop · polish · master · expertise · proficiency · technique · craftsmanship
clarity
State of being understandable
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
- attentionFocused mental awareness
definition · acuity · perception · discernment · awareness · alertness · vigilance · observation · detail · resolution
target
Object of pursuit
direct · align · calibrate · adjust · sight · accuracy · bullseye · crosshairs · lock on · narrow
heighten
Increase in degree
- amplifyIncrease in strength
- strengthenMake more robust
- deepenIncrease in degree
enhance · augment · escalate · boost · increase · accentuate · reinforce · magnify · stimulate · quicken
- adjustmentsadjustment, tweaks, adjust, shifts, fixes
- improve wordsbetter, improve, enhance, upgrade, refine
- photo effectsblur, brightness, contrast, saturation, exposure
- image effectsblur, filtering, brighten, darken, cropping
- sharpeninghoning, whet, stropping, strop, whetstone
- image processingresize, edge detection, crop, rotate, blur
- pencil sharpenerTool for honing writing instruments
- sharp teethPointed dental structures
- sharp painAcute bodily distress
- sharp turnsAbrupt directional changes
- sharp edgeHoned cutting surface
- card sharpProfessional gambling cheater
sharp, sharper, sharpness, sharply, sharpening, sharpened, sharpener, sharpens, sharpest