Vad betyder sharpen på svenska och vad är definitionen av sharpen?

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sharpen betydelse and definition

0 to make something sharp or sharper:
- My pencil is blunt - I'll have to sharpen it.
- figurative The company is cutting production costs in an attempt to sharpen its competitive edge (= in order to improve how competitive it is).
1 to make something stronger:
- Recent changes have sharpened competition between the airlines.
- The prison riots have sharpened the debate about how prisons should be run.
- I hope this course will help me sharpen my computer skills.
- I went to university to sharpen my mind.
- We'll need to sharpen our wits if we're going to defeat Jack's team.
2 to make something clearer:
- How do you sharpen the focus on this camera?
3 to make something play a higher musical note:
- You need to sharpen the A string on your violin.
4 to make something stronger, or to improve something:
- The dollar’s decline in value sharpened fears of another recession.
- I’m taking a course that should help me sharpen my computer skills.
5 to make something clearer:
- Turn the knob to sharpen the focus of the slide projector.
6 to make something sharp or sharper:
- We just had these knives/scissors sharpened.
- He sharpened his pencil (= made the end used for writing come to a point).

I need to sharpen that knife.
She sharpened the blade.
He sharpened the edge of the stick to a point.
The surgeon sharpened his scalpel.
He used to sharpen his razor on a leather strap.
Much of this research was critical, it sharpened and clarified the concepts and broke down the wide generalities of the earlier theories.
Depending on the weighting term, the tuning either sharpened or broadened, reproducing the range of behaviors we observed.
After the dura mater was excised, the pia mater was eliminated under the microscope control with a tungsten wire sharpened to 1-2 mm.