sharpening

English

Verb

sharpening

1. present participle and gerund of sharpen

Noun

sharpening (plural sharpenings)

1. 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.

2. (in the plural) The debris produced when a pencil is sharpened.

Derived terms

• sharpening stone

Translations

one who vexes

Greek: Ancient: ὄξυσμα n (óxusma)