sharpener — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. A device for making things sharp.

   Beispiele

   There was a pencil sharpener at the front of the classroom.

2. That which makes something sharp.

   Gebrauch

   • übertragen

   Beispiele

   “Sir,” said the shepherd, “poverty is a great sharpener of the wits. […]

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   The snuff-box, knife, and chicken-bones were again in requisition, and a pen was successfully formed. The ink, or at least its substitute, was rather more difficult, but necessity is always a sharpener of intellect, and even this was accomplished.

3. An alcoholic drink taken at the start of the day, or just before a meal.

   Gebrauch

   • informell

   Beispiele

   The summery G&T somehow loses its clink-clink-fizz perfection as an after-work sharpener and just seems to rub our noses in the dank gloom ahead.

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   And the new daycap has little in common with the stiff gin of the old-fashioned sharpener. Instead, it revolves around “spritz culture, mood-based cocktails, and small serves that tap into the sweet treat economy”.

Substantiv

1. any implement that is used to make something (an edge or a point) sharper

   Oberbegriffe

   implement

   Beispiele

   a knife sharpener