sharpening
English
editVerb
editsharpening
- present participle and gerund of sharpen
Noun
editsharpening (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
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editone who vexes
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