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presharpen

presharpen verb: to sharpen in advance.

Verb

presharpen (third-person singular simple present presharpens, present participle presharpening, simple past and past participle presharpened)

  1. (transitive) To sharpen in advance.

Forms of presharpen

third-person singular presentpresharpens
present participlepresharpening
past participlepresharpened
pastpresharpened

Origin of presharpen

From pre- + sharpen.

Questions about presharpen

What does presharpen mean?
Presharpen means to sharpen in advance.
What part of speech is presharpen?
Presharpen is a verb.
What is the past tense of presharpen?
The past tense of presharpen is presharpened.

Words near presharpen in the dictionary

  1. preshape
  2. preshaped
  3. preshapes
  4. preshaping
  5. preshared
  6. presharpen
  7. presharpened
  8. presharpening
  9. presharpens
  10. preshave
  11. preshaves

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