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oilstone
a whetstone for use with oil
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sharpener
collapse
any implement that is used to make something (an edge or a point) sharper; "a knife sharpener"
related words >
ax
,
blade
,
cold steel
,
cutlery
,
cutter
,
dagger
,
edge tools
,
emery
,
file
,
grindstone
,
hone
,
knife
,
naked steel
,
novaculite
,
oilstone
,
pigsticker
,
point
,
puncturer
,
rubstone
,
steel
,
strap
,
strop
,
sword
,
toad sticker
,
whetrock
,
whetstone
,
whittle
emery
collapse
a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper)
related words >
aluminum oxide
,
auto polish
,
colcothar
,
corundum
,
crocus
,
emery board
,
emery paper
,
file
,
garnet
,
grindstone
,
hone
,
nail file
,
novaculite
,
oilstone
,
polishes
,
pumice
,
pumice stone
,
rasp
,
rottenstone
,
rouge
,
rubstone
,
sandpaper
,
shoe polish
,
silicon carbide
,
silver polish
,
steel
,
strap
,
strop
,
wax
,
whetrock
,
whetstone
,
whittle
strop
collapse
a leather strap used to sharpen razors
sharpen on a strop; "strop razors"
related words >
Mystik tape
,
Scotch tape
,
aculeate
,
acuminate
,
adhesive tape
,
band
,
bandage
,
barb
,
batten
,
belt
,
cellophane tape
,
cloth tape
,
cuspidate
,
edge
,
fascia
,
file
,
fillet
,
friction tape
,
girdle
,
grind
,
hone
,
lath
,
ligula
,
ligule
,
list
,
masking tape
,
oilstone
,
plank
,
plastic tape
,
point
,
reset
,
ribband
,
ribbon
,
set
,
sharpen
,
shred
,
slat
,
slip
,
spiculate
,
spill
,
spline
,
spur
,
strake
,
strap
,
strip
,
taenia
,
tape
,
tape measure
,
tapeline
,
taper
,
ticker tape
,
whet
sharpen
collapse
become sharp or sharper; "The debate sharpened"
make sharp or sharper; "We had to sharpen our arguments"
make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision"
give a point to; "The candles are tapered"
raise the pitch of (musical notes)
make sharp or sharper; "sharpen the knives"
make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper
related words >
accelerate
,
aculeate
,
acuminate
,
agent provocateur
,
aggravate
,
amplify
,
animate
,
annoy
,
augment
,
barb
,
beef up
,
blow up
,
build up
,
complicate
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
consolidate
,
cultivate
,
cuspidate
,
deepen
,
deteriorate
,
double
,
dress
,
edge
,
embitter
,
enhance
,
enlarge
,
enliven
,
exacerbate
,
exaggerate
,
exasperate
,
excite
,
exhilarate
,
file
,
fillip
,
galvanize
,
grind
,
heat up
,
heighten
,
hone
,
hop up
,
hot up
,
increase
,
infuse life into
,
instrument
,
intensify
,
invigorate
,
irritate
,
jazz up
,
key up
,
machine
,
magnify
,
make acute
,
make complex
,
make sensitive
,
make worse
,
mechanize
,
mill
,
motorize
,
oilstone
,
pick up
,
pique
,
point
,
provoke
,
quicken
,
ramify
,
redouble
,
refine
,
reinforce
,
renew
,
reset
,
resuscitate
,
retool
,
revive
,
sensibilize
,
sensitize
,
set
,
sharp
,
soup up
,
sour
,
spiculate
,
spur
,
step up
,
stimulate
,
stir
,
strap
,
strengthen
,
stroke
,
strop
,
taper
,
tool
,
triple
,
whet
,
worsen
whet
collapse
sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone
make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite"
related words >
accelerate
,
aculeate
,
acuminate
,
aggravate
,
agitate
,
animate
,
antepast
,
antipasto
,
aperitif
,
appetizer
,
arouse
,
awaken
,
bait
,
barb
,
beef up
,
bestir
,
blow the coals
,
blow up
,
bribe
,
canape
,
carrot
,
challenge
,
complicate
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
consolidate
,
cultivate
,
cuspidate
,
deepen
,
double
,
edge
,
encouragement
,
enhance
,
enliven
,
exacerbate
,
exaggerate
,
excite
,
exhilarate
,
fan
,
fan the flame
,
feed the fire
,
ferment
,
file
,
fillip
,
fire
,
foment
,
foretaste
,
galvanize
,
grind
,
heat
,
heat up
,
heighten
,
hone
,
hop up
,
hot up
,
impassion
,
incense
,
incentive
,
incite
,
incitement
,
inducement
,
inflame
,
infuse life into
,
instigate
,
intensify
,
interest
,
invigorate
,
invitation
,
jazz up
,
key up
,
kindle
,
lure
,
magnify
,
make complex
,
make sensitive
,
nettle
,
oilstone
,
payment
,
percentage
,
persuasive
,
pick up
,
pique
,
point
,
profit
,
provocation
,
provoke
,
put up to
,
quicken
,
rally
,
ramify
,
redouble
,
refine
,
reinforce
,
renew
,
reset
,
resuscitate
,
revive
,
reward
,
rouse
,
sensibilize
,
sensitize
,
set
,
set on
,
sharp
,
sharpen
,
sic on
,
smorgasbord
,
soup up
,
spiculate
,
spur
,
step up
,
stimulate
,
stimulation
,
stimulative
,
stimulus
,
stir
,
stir the embers
,
stir up
,
strap
,
strengthen
,
strop
,
sweetener
,
sweetening
,
taper
,
tickle
,
triple
,
wake
,
waken
,
whip up
,
work up
taper
collapse
the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
a convex shape that narrows toward a point
diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"
related words >
abate
,
aculeate
,
acuminate
,
approach
,
barb
,
bate
,
bayberry candle
,
bougie
,
brand
,
butane lighter
,
candle
,
candlewick
,
center
,
centralize
,
cigarette lighter
,
close
,
close in
,
close up
,
close with
,
coarctation
,
come down
,
come together
,
concenter
,
concentralize
,
concentrate
,
confine
,
constrict
,
constriction
,
contract
,
contraction
,
converge
,
corpse candle
,
cuspidate
,
decline
,
decrease
,
diminish
,
dip
,
draw in
,
drop off
,
dwindle
,
ebb
,
edge
,
electric light bulb
,
fade
,
fall in with
,
fall off
,
farthing dip
,
file
,
fire
,
firebrand
,
flambeau
,
flame
,
flint
,
flint and steel
,
funnel
,
glim
,
go down
,
go in
,
grind
,
hone
,
igniter
,
illuminant
,
illuminator
,
incandescent body
,
intersect
,
lamp
,
lampwick
,
lantern
,
lessen
,
let up
,
light
,
light bulb
,
light source
,
lighter
,
limit
,
luminant
,
luminary
,
match
,
meet
,
moon
,
narrow
,
narrow the gap
,
narrowing
,
nip
,
oilstone
,
peter out
,
pinch
,
plummet
,
point
,
portfire
,
reduce
,
reset
,
restrict
,
run together
,
rush candle
,
rushlight
,
set
,
sharpen
,
slacken
,
slow down
,
slow up
,
slump
,
snape
,
source of light
,
sparker
,
spiculate
,
spill
,
spur
,
stars
,
straiten
,
strap
,
stricture
,
strop
,
subside
,
sun
,
tallow candle
,
tallow dip
,
taper off
,
tapering
,
thin
,
thin out
,
torch
,
unite
,
votary candle
,
wane
,
wax candle
,
weaken
,
whet
,
wick
,
wind down
strap
collapse
whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging
an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag
hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it
secure (a sprained joint) with a strap
sharpen with a strap; "strap a razor"
tie with a strap
related words >
Mystik tape
,
Scotch tape
,
aculeate
,
acuminate
,
adhesive tape
,
anchor
,
band
,
bandage
,
barb
,
baste
,
bastinado
,
bathe
,
batten
,
beat
,
belabor
,
belt
,
bend
,
bind
,
bind up
,
birch
,
blacksnake
,
brace
,
bridle
,
buffet
,
bullwhack
,
bullwhip
,
bundle
,
call
,
cane
,
care for
,
cat
,
cellophane tape
,
chain
,
cinch
,
cloth tape
,
club
,
cowhide
,
crop
,
cudgel
,
cure
,
cuspidate
,
cut
,
diagnose
,
do up
,
doctor
,
drub
,
edge
,
enchain
,
entrammel
,
fascia
,
fasten
,
fetter
,
file
,
fillet
,
flagellate
,
flagellum
,
flail
,
flog
,
flux
,
friction tape
,
fustigate
,
gird
,
girdle
,
girt
,
girth
,
give a whipping
,
give care to
,
give the stick
,
grind
,
gyve
,
hamper
,
handcuff
,
heal
,
hobble
,
hog-tie
,
hone
,
hopple
,
horsewhip
,
knout
,
kurbash
,
lace
,
lash
,
lath
,
lay on
,
leash
,
ligula
,
ligule
,
list
,
make fast
,
manacle
,
masking tape
,
massage
,
minister to
,
moor
,
nurse
,
oilstone
,
operate on
,
option
,
peg down
,
physic
,
picket
,
pin down
,
pinion
,
pistol-whip
,
plank
,
plaster
,
plastic tape
,
point
,
pommel
,
poultice
,
pummel
,
purge
,
put
,
put and call
,
put in irons
,
quirt
,
rawhide
,
razor strap
,
remedy
,
reset
,
restrain
,
ribband
,
ribbon
,
right
,
rope
,
rub
,
scourge
,
secure
,
set
,
shackle
,
sharpen
,
shred
,
sjambok
,
slat
,
slip
,
smite
,
spank
,
spiculate
,
spill
,
splice
,
spline
,
splint
,
spread
,
spur
,
stock option
,
straddle
,
straitjacket
,
strake
,
strip
,
stripe
,
strop
,
swaddle
,
swathe
,
swinge
,
switch
,
taenia
,
tape
,
tape measure
,
tapeline
,
taper
,
tether
,
thong
,
thrash
,
thump
,
ticker tape
,
tie
,
tie down
,
tie up
,
trammel
,
treat
,
trounce
,
truncheon
,
truss
,
wallop
,
whale
,
whet
,
whip
,
whiplash
,
whop
,
wire
,
wrap
,
wrap up
spur
collapse
a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward; "cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on"
tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
any sharply pointed projection
goad with spurs; "the rider spurred his horse"
equip with spurs; "spur horses"
strike with a spur
give heart or courage to
incite or stimulate; "The Academy was formed to spur research"
related words >
accelerate
,
activation
,
actuation
,
aculeate
,
acuminate
,
animate
,
appendage
,
arm
,
arouse
,
awaken
,
barb
,
barbel
,
barbule
,
bill
,
bough
,
branch
,
brashly
,
breakwater
,
bundle
,
bustle
,
cage
,
cape
,
catalyst
,
cheer on
,
chersonese
,
cog
,
comb
,
coral reef
,
corral
,
countenance
,
crag
,
crest
,
crowd
,
cuspidate
,
delta
,
dispatch
,
drive
,
drive on
,
drove
,
edge
,
egg on
,
encourage
,
encouragement
,
excitant
,
excite
,
exhort
,
expedite
,
fang
,
favor
,
file
,
flog
,
foreland
,
forward
,
gad
,
gadfly
,
gaff
,
goad
,
goad on
,
grind
,
hand
,
harrow
,
haste
,
hasten
,
hasten on
,
hastily
,
head
,
headland
,
herd
,
hie on
,
hilltop
,
hone
,
hook
,
hound on
,
hurry
,
hurry along
,
hurry on
,
hurry up
,
hustle
,
hustle up
,
imp
,
impel
,
impetuously
,
impetus
,
impromptu
,
impulse
,
impulsively
,
incautiously
,
incentive
,
incitation
,
incite
,
incitement
,
induce
,
inducement
,
instigate
,
instigation
,
jag
,
joint
,
knoll
,
lash
,
leg
,
limb
,
link
,
lobe
,
lobule
,
lofty peak
,
member
,
motivate
,
motivation
,
motive
,
mountaintop
,
mull
,
naze
,
needle
,
ness
,
nudge
,
offshoot
,
oilstone
,
on the spot
,
organ
,
oxgoad
,
peak
,
pecten
,
peninsula
,
pic
,
pico
,
pike
,
pinion
,
pinnacle
,
point
,
poke
,
precipice
,
precipitate
,
press
,
pressure
,
prick
,
process
,
prod
,
projection
,
promontory
,
prompt
,
prompting
,
prong
,
propel
,
provocation
,
provoke
,
punch cattle
,
push
,
push on
,
push through
,
quicken
,
quill
,
railroad through
,
rake
,
rally
,
ramification
,
rashly
,
ratchet
,
recklessly
,
reef
,
reset
,
ride herd on
,
root on
,
round up
,
rouse
,
rowel
,
runner
,
rush
,
rush along
,
sandspit
,
sawtooth
,
scion
,
set
,
sharpen
,
shepherd
,
sic
,
snag
,
snaggle
,
speed
,
speed along
,
speed on
,
speed up
,
spiculate
,
spike
,
spine
,
spire
,
spit
,
spray
,
sprig
,
sprocket
,
spur on
,
stampede
,
steeple
,
stimulant
,
stimulate
,
stimulation
,
stimulus
,
sting
,
stir
,
strap
,
strop
,
suddenly
,
summit
,
switch
,
tail
,
taper
,
tendril
,
thoughtlessly
,
tine
,
tongue
,
tooth
,
tor
,
twig
,
unexpectedly
,
unpremeditatedly
,
unthinkingly
,
urge
,
urge on
,
urging
,
whet
,
whip
,
whip along
,
whip on
,
whiplash
,
wing
,
wrangle
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