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Word · 単語
to sharpen
  1. 1 to sharpen, to hone, to whet, to grind
  2. 2 to wash (rice) — esp. 磨ぐ
  3. 3 to scour, to polish, to burnish
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • He was sharpening a knife.

  • A cat was sharpening its claws against a post.

  • She always has some axe to grind.

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