transcription, транскрипция: [ ʃɑ:(r)pən ]
( sharpens, sharpening, sharpened)
1.
If your senses, understanding, or skills sharpen or are sharpened , you become better at noticing things, thinking, or doing something.
Her gaze sharpened, as if she had seen something unusual...
You can sharpen your skills with rehearsal.
VERB : V , V n
2.
If you sharpen an object, you make its edge very thin or you make its end pointed.
He started to sharpen his knife.
...sharpened pencils.
VERB : V n , V-ed
3.
If disagreements or differences between people sharpen , or if they are sharpened , they become bigger or more important.
With urbanisation the antagonism between rich and poor sharpened...
The case of Harris has sharpened the debate over capital punishment.
VERB : V , V n