sharpened

Definition of Sharpened in English :

1. sharpened

having the point made sharp

Example Sentences:
'a sharpened pencil'

2. sharpened

made sharp or sharper

Example Sentences:
'a sharpened knife cuts more cleanly'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sharpened

verb

1.

to make or become sharp or sharper

2. music

to raise the pitch of (a note), esp by one chromatic semitone

. Usual US and Canadian word: sharp

verb transitive, verb intransitive

to make or become sharp or sharper

tr. & intr.v. sharp·ened, sharp·en·ing, sharp·ens

To make or become sharp or sharper.