sharpening

English

Verb

sharpening

present participle and gerund of sharpen

Noun

sharpening (plural sharpenings)

The act by which something is sharpened.
- 1970, Heinrich Wölfflin, Drawings of Albrecht Dürer, page 4:
  There are flourishes and coloratura passages in this art, heightenings and sharpenings of the line that serve only to give the needy linear system a value of its own in confrontation with nature.
(in the plural) The debris produced when a pencil is sharpened.

Derived terms

sharpening stone

Translations

one who vexes

Greek:
Ancient: ὄξυσμα n (óxusma)

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