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# sharpened

«sharpened» in Mova's school dictionary: **the past form of «sharpen»: to make a point or edge…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form (past of sharpen: sharpen, sharpens, sharpened, sharpening); adjective (sharpened)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sharpened is the past form of «sharpen»: to make a point or edge sharper, like a pencil or a knife. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sharpened/#m1)

2) As an adjective it means having been made sharp: «a sharpened pencil». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sharpened/#m2)

3) It can also mean made stronger or clearer: «sharpened skills». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sharpened/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school pupils use sharpened pencils and empty the sharpener over the bin. In everyday life knives and tools are sharpened by adults. In stories a hero may have sharpened senses. Phrases: «a freshly sharpened pencil», «sharpened his skills».

### examples

- I sharpened my pencil before the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sharpened/#x1)
- Bring two sharpened pencils to the exam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sharpened/#x2)
- Grandad sharpened the axe on a stone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sharpened/#x3)
- Practising every day sharpened her piano skills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sharpened/#x4)
- Be careful — the knife has just been sharpened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sharpened/#x5)
- The fox's hunger sharpened its sense of smell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sharpened/#x6)
- The mother immediately took an axe and sharpened it, and went down to the dike with it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sharpened/#x7)

### note

Past of «sharpen» (sharp + -en). A «sharpener» is the tool for pencils. Sharpened knives cut more easily, so they need extra care; only adults should sharpen knives.

### In the corpora

- [They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; vipers' venom is under their lips.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2555/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sharpened» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sharpened/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.