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• בָּרורּ בָּרַר, , בָּרַר
• חָדַד , חָדָה
• חָדָה , חָדָה
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(1):

(a.) To make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease.

(2):

(a.) To make sharp.

(3):

(a.) To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw.

(4):

(a.) To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious.

(5):

(a.) To make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires.

(6):

(a.) To make biting, sarcastic, or severe.

(7):

(a.) To render more shrill or piercing.

(8):

(a.) To make more tart or acid; to make sour; as, the rays of the sun sharpen vinegar.

(9):

(a.) To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to.

(10):

(v. i.) To grow or become sharp.