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 →

2) As an adjective it means having been made sharp: «a sharpened pencil». tree →

3) It can also mean made stronger or clearer: «sharpened skills». tree →

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 →
• Bring two sharpened pencils to the exam. tree →
• Grandad sharpened the axe on a stone. tree →
• Practising every day sharpened her piano skills. tree →
• Be careful — the knife has just been sharpened. tree →
• The fox's hunger sharpened its sense of smell. tree →
• The mother immediately took an axe and sharpened it, and went down to the dike with it. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sharpened» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.