sharpens

verb

USSHAR-puhnz/ˈʃɑɹpənz/UKSHAH-puhnz/ˈʃɑːpənz/

1 meaning of sharpens

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verb
Third-person singular simple present of sharpen.
The chef sharpens his knives on a whetstone every morning.
She sharpens her pencil before every math test.

sharpens is a form of sharpen

sharpen, verb: To make something sharp or sharper, such as a blade or a pencil point, or, figuratively, a skill or a feeling. Full entry

Forms: sharpensharpens he/she/itsharpening -ing formsharpened past tense, past participle
Spelling: sharpen → sharpens: add -s
Sound: The ending sounds like /z/.

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