Verb:

गतिवृद्धि करना, चाल बढ़ाना, तीव्र करना, नुकीला कर लेना, तेज़ करना, चोखा करना, गहरा बनाना,

sharpening's Usage Examples:

A sharpening stone should always be carried with the chisel hoe.

dally here in the gardens of philosophy, my Elena is at home sharpening knives. ' 'Have we neglected Nature?

Katie straightened, gaze sharpening.

Andre asked, gaze sharpening.

Kiki asked, gaze sharpening.

Besides Denisov and Dolokhov (who also led a small party and moved in Denisov's vicinity), the commanders of some large divisions with staffs also knew of this convoy and, as Denisov expressed it, were sharpening their teeth for it.

But the phrases of the creed seem to have needed sharpening 1 The first person who doubted the authorship seems to have been Joachim Camerarius, 1551, who was so fiercely attacked in consequence that he omitted the passage from his Latin edition.

The shares, when made of the same material, required constant sharpening; this necessity was removed by the device, patented by Robert Ransome in 1803, of chilling and so hardening the under-surface of the share; the upper surface, which is soft, then wears away more quickly than the chilled part, whereby a sharp edge is always assured.

The Cossack was sharpening the saber under the wagon.

"What are you sharpening?" asked a man coming up to the wagon.

Synonyms:

strop, alter, hone, modify, whet, edge, strap, change,

Antonyms:

decontaminate, loosen, demilitarize, discolor, dull,