What it means
- (verb) (sometimes figurative) To make sharp. “to sharpen a pencil or a knife or a musical note”
- (verb) To become sharp.
- (noun) The act by which something is sharpened.
- (noun) (in the plural) The debris produced when a pencil is sharpened.
Letter analysis
- Sharpening contains 10 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 7 consonant(s).
- It uses 9 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 16.
Sub-words
- earnings
- grannies
- hearings
- panniers
- phrasing
- sharping
- shearing
- spearing
- earning
- erasing
- garnish
- grannie
- hangers
- harpies
- harping
- heaping
- hearing
- hernias
- insaner
- nearing
- paniers
- pannier
- parings
- parsing
- phasing
- rasping
- reaping
- regains
- searing
- shaping
- sharing
- sharpen
- snaring
- spanner
- sparing
- spinner
- angers
- arisen
- ashier
- ashing
- aspire
- easing
- ensign
- garish
- geisha
- grains
- grapes
- graphs
- gripes
- hanger
- haring
- hennas
- hernia
- hinges
- inaner
- insane
- neighs
- nigher
- pagers
Related words
Other 10-letter words
- abandoning
- abbreviate
- abdicating
- abdication
- abductions
- aberration
- abhorrence
- abjuration
- abnegating
- abnegation
- abnormally
- abolishing
- abominable
- abominably
- abominated
- abominates
- aboriginal
- aborigines
Words starting with SHA
- shabbier
- shabbiest
- shabbily
- shabbiness
- shabby
- shack
- shackle
- shackled
- shackles
- shackling
- shacks
- shad
- shade
- shaded
- shades
- shadier
- shadiest
- shadiness
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Words ending with ING
Common questions
What does Sharpening mean?
(sometimes figurative) To make sharp.
How many letters are in Sharpening?
Sharpening has 10 letters.
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