sharpen
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pən
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to make or become sharp or sharper |
| 2. | music Usual US and Canadian word: sharp to raise the pitch of (a note), esp by one chromatic semitone |
| 'sharpener | |
| —n | |
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Sharpen
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Example sentences
We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity.
Incorporate any feedback you might have received and take a moment to sharpen the work overall, if you can.
There are more photographs, for one thing, more anecdotes to help sharpen my impressions.
Western complaints about the piracy of intellectual property could sharpen rows with developing countries.
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