sharpen
verb
1 sharpen
Make sharp or sharper.
Roget 173:
be violent
etc.
adj.;
run high;
ferment,
effervesce;
romp,
rampage,
go on a rampage;
run wild,
run amuck,
run riot;
break the peace;
rush,
tear;
rush headlong,
rush foremost;
raise a storm,
make a riot;
rough house [Slang];
riot,
storm;
wreak,
bear down,
ride roughshod,
out Herod,
Herod;
spread like wildfire
(person).
[shout or act in anger at something],
explode,
make a row,
kick up a row;
boil,
boil over;
fume,
foam,
come on like a lion,
bluster,
rage,
roar,
fly off the handle,
go bananas,
go ape,
blow one's top,
blow one's cool,
flip one's lid,
hit the ceiling,
hit the roof;
fly into a rage
(anger)
900.
break out,
fly out,
burst out;
bounce,
explode,
go off,
displode†,
fly,
detonate,
thunder,
blow up,
crump†,
flash,
flare,
burst;
shock,
strain;
break open,
force open,
prize open.
render violent
etc.
adj.;
sharpen,
stir up,
quicken,
excite,
incite,
annoy,
urge,
lash,
stimulate,
turn on;
irritate,
inflame,
kindle,
suscitate†,
foment;
accelerate,
aggravate,
exasperate,
exacerbate,
convulse,
infuriate,
madden,
lash into fury;
fan the flame;
add fuel to the flame,
pour oil on the fire,
oleum addere camino [Lat.].
explode;
let fly,
fly off;
discharge,
detonate,
set off,
detonize†,
fulminate.
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Roget 824:
excite,
affect,
touch,
move,
impress,
strike,
interest,
animate,
inspire,
impassion,
smite,
infect;
stir the blood,
fire the blood,
warm the blood;
set astir;
wake,
awake,
awaken;
call forth;
evoke,
provoke;
raise up,
summon up,
call up,
wake up,
blow up,
get up,
light up;
raise;
get up the steam,
rouse,
arouse,
stir;
fire,
kindle,
enkindle,
apply the torch,
set on fire,
inflame.
stimulate;
exsuscitate†;
inspirit;
spirit up,
stir up,
work up,
pique;
infuse life into,
give new life to;
bring new blood,
introduce new blood;
quicken;
sharpen,
whet;
work upon
etc.
(incite)
615;
hurry on,
give a fillip,
put on one's mettle.
fan the fire,
fan the flame;
blow the coals,
stir the embers;
fan into a flame;
foster,
heat,
warm,
foment,
raise to a fever heat;
keep up,
keep the pot boiling;
revive,
rekindle;
rake up,
rip up.
stir the feelings,
play on the feelings,
come home to the feelings;
touch a string,
touch a chord,
touch the soul,
touch the heart;
go to one's heart,
penetrate,
pierce,
go through one,
touch to the quick;
possess the soul,
pervade the soul,
penetrate the soul,
imbrue the soul,
absorb the soul,
affect the soul,
disturb the soul.
absorb,
rivet the attention;
sink into the mind,
sink into the heart;
prey on the mind,
distract;
intoxicate;
overwhelm,
overpower;
bouleverser [Fr.],
upset,
turn one's head.
fascinate;
enrapture
etc.
(give pleasure)
829.
agitate,
perturb,
ruffle,
fluster,
shake,
disturb,
startle,
shock,
stagger;
give one a shock,
give one a turn;
strike all of a heap;
stun,
astound,
electrify,
galvanize,
petrify.
irritate,
sting;
cut to the heart,
cut to the quick;
try one's temper;
fool to the top of one's bent,
pique;
infuriate,
madden,
make one's blood boil;
lash into fury
etc.
(wrath)
900.
be excited
etc.
adj.;
flush up,
flare up;
catch the infection;
thrill
etc.
(feel)
821;
mantle;
work oneself up;
seethe,
boil,
simmer,
foam,
fume,
flame,
rage,
rave;
run mad
etc.
(passion)
825.
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Roget 171:
give energy
etc.
n.;
energize,
stimulate,
kindle,
excite,
exert;
sharpen,
intensify;
inflame
etc.
(render violent)
173;
wind up
etc.
(strengthen)
159.
strike home,
into home,
hard home;
make an impression.
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Roget 375:
be sensible of
etc.
adj.;
feel,
perceive.
render sensible
etc.
adj.;
sharpen,
cultivate,
tutor.
cause sensation,
impress;
excite an impression,
produce an impression.
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2 sharpen
Make crisp or more crisp and precise.
3 sharpen
4 sharpen
5 sharpen
Make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper.
6 sharpen
Raise the pitch of (musical notes).
7 sharpen
8 sharpen
Make (one's senses) more acute:
— This drug will sharpen your vision.
synonym: heighten.
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