sharpen

/ˈʃɑːp(ə)n/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈʃɑːp(ə)n/

sharpen

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Open ah vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

shar - pen -> sharpen

Myanmar meaning

(v.t) ထက်စေသည်။ချွန်စေသည်။ချွန်သည်။

Full entry

sharp /ʃɑ:p/ adj (-er , -est )

၁။ ထက်သော။ ချွန်သော။ a sharp knife/pin/needle ❍ sharp teeth ❍ The shears aren't sharp enough to cut the grass. ❍ (fig ) sharp features (eg a pointed nose or chin).
၂။ (က) ကျဉ်းသောထောင့်။ ရုတ်တရက် နာနာချိုးရသော (အကွေ့၊ ထောင့်ချိုး စသည်)။ a sharp bend in the road ❍ a sharp turn to the left. (ခ) ရုတ်တရက်။ တစ်ဟုန်ထိုး။ a sharp drop in prices ❍ a sharp rise in crime ❍ a sharp intake of breath.
၃။ ထင်ရှားပြတ်သားသော။ သိသာသော။ a sharp outline ❍ a sharp photographic image (ie one with clear contrasts between areas of light and shade) ❍ in sharp focus ❍ There is a sharp contrast between the lives of the poorest and the richest members of society.
၄။ စူးရှသော။ ကျယ်လောင်သော။ sharp voices ❍ There was a sharp knock on the door.
၅။ ချဉ်သော။ စူးသော။ The lemon juice in this pudding makes it taste rather sharp.
၆။ စူးရှသော။ မြက်သော။ a sharp frost/wind ❍ feel a sharp pain in the back.
၇။ လျင်သော။ ထက်မြက်သော။ have sharp eyes/ears/reflexes ❍ a sharp person/mind/intelligence ❍ a sharp sense of humour ❍ a sharp sense of smell ❍ keep a sharp lookout ❍ It was very sharp of you to notice that.
၈။ ~ (with sb ) (derog ) ရက်စက်သော။ မထောက်ညှာသော။ ပက်စက် သော။ sharp criticism/words/remarks ❍ She was rather sharp with me (ie spoke harshly to me) when I forgot my book. ❍ have a sharp tongue (ie often speak harshly or angrily).
၉။ (often derog ) လျင်သော။ ပါးသော။ a sharp lawyer/accountant ❍ She was too sharp for me (ie was cleverer and so gained an advantage). ၁၀။ (infml ) သားနားသော။ ကြော့မော့သော။ (ဗန်း)အပျံစား။
၁၁။ (music ) (က) မြင့်သော၊ တက်သော(အသံ၊ တူရိယာသံ)။ That note sounded sharp.
(ခ) (usu following ns ) (ရှေ့၌ဖော်ပြ ထားသည့်သံပုံထက်)အသံရှိန်တစ်ဝက်မြင့်သော။ in the key of C sharp minor. ❍ MUSIC Compare FLAT n ၅
n (symb # ) (music )
၁။ (ဖော်ပြထားသောသံပုံ၏) ပုံမှန်ထက် အသံရှိန်တစ်ဝက်မျှ ပိုမြင့်သောအသံ။
၂။ ယင်းသို့မြင့်ကြောင်းညွှန်ပြသည့် သင်္ကေတ။ ရှပ်။ a difficult piano piece full of sharps and flats. Compare FLAT n ၅, NATURAL adj ၆
adv
၁။ (infml ) (…နာရီစသည်) တိတိ။ Please be here at seven (o'clock) sharp.
၂။ (infml ) ဆတ်ခနဲ။ ရုတ်တရက်။ နာနာ(ကွေ့)။ stopped sharp ❍ turn sharp left.
၃။ (music ) အသံမှန်ထက်မြင့်လျက်။ sing sharp.
❏ look sharp [IDM ] မြန်မြန်ဟေ့။ သုတ်သုတ်ဟေ့။ You'd better look sharp or you'll be late.
❏ (as) sharp as a needle ; (US ) (as) sharp as a tack [IDM ] အလွန် လျင်သည်၊ ပါးသည်။ ပါးလိုက်သမှ ရွှေလှောင် စက္ကူက အောချရသည်။
❏ sharpen /'ʃɑ:pǝn/ v ~ (sth) (up) ချွန်သည်။ သွေးသည်။ ထက်မြက်စေသည်။ sharpen a pencil ❍ This knife needs sharpening ❍ All this exercise has sharpened my appetite. ❍ This incident has sharpened up public awareness of the economic crisis. ❍ Her eyes/senses sharpened (ie became more alert). ❍ The pole had been sharpened to a point.
❏ the sharp end (of sth) [IDM ] (infml ) ခေါင်းအခဲ ရဆုံး။ If anything goes wrong, I'm the one who's at the sharp end (ie who has to suffer the consequences).
❏ sharpener /'ʃɑ:pnǝ(r)/ n (usu in compounds) ချွန်စက်။ (ဓားစသည်)သွေးစက်။ a pencil-sharpener ❍ a knife-sharpener.
❏ sharp-eyed adj မျက်စိရှင်သော။ A sharp-eyed police officer spotted the stolen car.
❏ sharpish adj ခပ်ချွန်ချွန်။ ခပ်ထက်ထက်။ with a sharpish point at the end.
adv (infml ) အမြန်။ I want this room tidied up sharpish!
❏ sharply adv (က) ချွန်စွာ။ ထက်စွာ။ sharply pointed. (ခ) သိသိသာသာ။ prices dropping sharply ❍ sharply contrasted styles ❍ The road bends sharply. (ဂ) ငေါက်ငမ်း လျက်။ She spoke sharply to the child.
❏ sharpness n [U] ပြတ်သားကြည်လင်မှု။ adjust the camera lens to obtain maximum sharpness.
❏ sharp practice n [U] နွားမရွှံ့ပိတ်ရောင်းခြင်း။ နှစ်ပေါက် တစ်ပေါက်ရိုက်ခြင်း။

More examples

Cut the melon in half using a sharp knife.
The cage should have no sharp edges that might cause injury.
These scissors aren’t very sharp.
Sharp teeth/claws
A sharp pencil
[a sharp rise/increase] : Shops are reporting a sharp rise in sales of organic produce.
[a sharp decline/drop/fall] : This month’s figures show a sharp drop in unemployment.
As we approached a sharp bend in the road, the bus slowed down.
I felt a sharp pain in my foot.
Lindsey felt a sharp pang of guilt.
There was a sharp intake of breath when the prizewinners were announced.
A sharp crack of gunfire
A sharp cry of fear
Some of these kids are pretty sharp when it comes to maths.
He has a sharp wit and a wicked sense of humour.
[keep a sharp eye/lookout on something] : The Agency keeps a sharp eye on sales of arms abroad.
The new high-definition TV offers razor-sharp pictures and digital sound.
My father shot her a sharp look but said nothing.
Sharp words were exchanged.
The deal has come under sharp criticism from the opposition parties.
The warm weather was in sharp contrast to last year’s cold temperatures.
Sharp cheddar cheese
A sharp dresser
A sharp suit

Synonyms

pointed, razor-sharp, jagged, prickly, spiky, abrupt, abruptly, accurately, accusatory, acerbic, aciculate, acid, acrid, acrimonious, active, acuate, acuminate, acuminous, acute, adroit, agonizing, alert, angry, apical, apt, artful, artiste, astringent, astute, audible, austere, bang, barbed, bent, biting, bitter, brainy, briery, bright, brilliant, brisk, brusque, bunco artist, burning, canny, caustic, chic, classy, clear, clear-cut, clever, confidence artist, crafty, crisp, critical, cunning, cuspate, cuspidate, cute, cutting, dashing, deceitful, definite, designing, dillettante, discerning, discriminating, dishonest, distinct, distinctive, distressing, dodger, double-dealer, double-edged, dressy, drilling, edged, exactly, excellent, excruciating, explicit, extreme, fashionable, fast, fierce, fine, first-class, flimflammer, fly, four-flusher, foxy, gouger, ground fine, hard, harsh, having smarts, high-pitched, honed, horned, hoser, hot, hot stuff, hotshot, hurtful, in focus, in style, incisive, inconsiderate, ingenious, intelligent, intense, just, keen, keen-edged, knife-edged, knifelike, knowing, lively, loud, make acute, make sharp, marked, needle-pointed, needlelike, nimble, no slouch, nobody's fool, not born yesterday, note, observant, obvious, odorous, old pro, on the ball, on the button, on the dot, on time, original, ornery, painful, paralyzing, peaked, penetrating, penetrative, peppery, perceptive, piercing, piquant, playactor, pointy, precise, precisely, promptly, pronged, punctually, pungent, put a point on, put an edge on, quack, quacksalver

Antonyms

aboveboard, ambiguous, benevolent, bland, blunt, boring, calm, clumsy, dark, dull, easy, flat, forthright, frank, gentle, good, honest, ignorant, imprecise, inactive, indefinite, indistinct, kind, late, lazy, lethargic, low, mild, moderate, nice, normal, obscure, old-fashioned, pleasant, slow, soft, soothing, stupid, sweet, tasteless, typical, unaware, unclear, undefined, unintelligent, unstylish, vague