sharpen

〜を鋭くする,とがらせる;〜をとぐ

sharpen の類語

triple, hot up, enhance, heat up, make complex, point, increase, double, hop up, jazz up, beef up, soup up, deepen, intensify, exacerbate, heighten, step up, key up, concentrate, whet, strengthen, make worse, reinforce, blow up, accelerate, set, focus, provoke, machine, consolidate, file, edge, taper, complicate, make acute, enlarge, augment, exaggerate, amplify, tool, mill, aggravate, magnify, pick up, build up, stir, grind, sour, reset, strap, renew, redouble, infuse life into, revive, stimulate, spur, make sensitive, annoy, cultivate, sensitize

sharpen の反意語

dull, soften, flatten

例文

• I want a knife to sharpen my pencil with.
  私は鉛筆をけずるナイフがほしい。
• A cat was sharpening its claws against a post.
  猫が柱でつめを研いでいた。
• I sharpened a pencil with a knife.
  私はナイフで鉛筆を削った。

関連語

sharpener

sharpen の言い換えを探すには

sharpen（鋭くする）の類語・言い換え（パラフレーズ）を、日本語訳つきで関連度順に並べています。英作文の語彙を増やしたいとき、長文読解で本文と選択肢の言い換えを見抜きたいときに使えます。