00392426-v 'make crisp or more crisp and precise'; V2; 
 
Chinese (simplified) 加强 , 加剧 , 使尖锐 , 使剧烈
English sharpen 1
Japanese 研ぎ澄ます , 磨ぎ澄ます , 磨澄ます , 研澄ます , 研ぎ澄す
Definitions
English
make crisp or more crisp and precise
We had to sharpen our arguments
Japanese
明快、より明快そして正確にする
私たちは議論を研ぎ澄まさなければならない
Relations
Hypernym: intensify
Causes sharpen
Semantic Field: changev
Verb Frames
Somebody ----s something;   Something ----s something;  
External Links

SUMO: ⊂ Increasing

TempoWN: (Past: 0.000; Present: 0.040; Future: 0.000)

SentiWN: (+0.00 -0.00) MLSentiCon: (+0.38 -0.00)


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