sharpen
Definitions
Verb
- Make sharp or sharper
- Make crisp or more crisp and precise
- Become sharp or sharper
- Put (an image) into focus
- Make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper
- Raise the pitch of (musical notes)
- Give a point to
- Make (one's senses) more acute
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "sharpen".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sharpened | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | sharpening | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | sharpen | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | unsharpened | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | sharpens | 2 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "sharpen".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sheldon | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | shorten | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | eshleman | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | shipman | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | aeschliman | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | chevron | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | eshelman | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | schenken | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | scheuerman | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | scheuermann | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | scheunemann | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | schiffman | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | schlangen | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | schneeman | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | scholten | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | schoneman | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | schouten | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | schuchman | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | schuchmann | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | schuckman | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | schuerman | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | schuermann | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | schulman | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | schulten | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | schuneman | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | shafran | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | shahian | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | shangkun | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | shanken | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | sharman | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | shatman | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | shearman | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | shearson | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | shelden | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | shellman | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | shelman | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | shelton | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | sheneman | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | shenton | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | shiffman | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | shipton | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | shoopman | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | shuchman | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | shulman | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | sjogren | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | szafran | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "sharpen".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | 1 | 98 |
| 2 | shape | 1 | 85 |
| 3 | sharp | 1 | 72 |
| 4 | sharpe | 1 | 30 |
| 5 | sharpened | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | sharper | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | sharpening | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | sharpest | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | unsharpened | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | sharpens | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | sharpie | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | harpe | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | haren | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | sharpton | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | sharpley | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | sharples | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | sharpies | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | sharlene | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | sharleen | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | harpenau | 3 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "sharpen" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "sharpen" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "sharpen" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "sharpen".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 8
Fragments: 5
Sound Alikes: 46
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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