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verb • make sharp or sharper • make crisp or more crisp and precise • become sharp or sharper • put (an image) into focus • make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper • raise the pitch of (musical notes) • give a point to • make (one's senses) more acute | ||||
| 25% | 6 | Keenness | ||
noun • sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart) • a quick and penetrating intelligence | ||||
| 25% | 4 | Keenness | ||
noun • the boundary of a surface • a line determining the limits of an area • a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object • the attribute of urgency in tone of voice • a slight competitive advantage • the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something verb • advance slowly, as if by inches • provide with a border or edge • lie adjacent to another or share a boundary • provide with an edge | ||||
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SHARPEN which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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