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don't sharpen it periodically?
sharp-eyed
adj. sharp-sighted, eagle-eyed, hawk-eyed, lynx-eyed,
gimlet-eyed, keen-sighted, wide awake, wakeful, watchful,
observant, (on the) alert, on the qui vive, wary, circumspect,
Argus-eyed, cautious, careful: It takes quite a sharp-eyed
person to check the accuracy of these circuits.
sharply adv. 1 severely, sternly, harshly, cuttingly, acerbically,
peremptorily, angrily, strictly, firmly: Her teacher sharply
rebuked Hilary for smiling. 2 suddenly, quickly, abruptly,
precipitously, precipitately: Prices increased sharply for the
third day in succession. 3 acutely, distinctly, definitely,
definitively: These new cameras automatically remain sharply
focused on the object.
shatter v. 1 disintegrate, burst, pulverize, shiver, smash, demolish,
break (to smithereens), splinter, fragment, fracture, dash to
pieces: If you hadn't caught the vase, it would have shattered
into a million pieces. 2 destroy, ruin, devastate, wreck, dash,
crush, demolish, torpedo, undermine, blast: Any dreams he might
have had of being published were shattered by the rejection
letter. 3 upset, disturb, perturb, trouble, unnerve, overcome,
overwhelm, crush, devastate, depress, deject, rattle, shake
(up), unsettle, agitate, confound, confuse, stupefy, daze, stun,
paralyse, Colloq throw: He was shattered by the news of Mill's
death.
shave v. 1 shear (off), cut (off), trim, clip, crop, snip off,
remove: He made a mistake in shaving off his beard, as it hid
his weak chin. 2 pare, scrape, plane, whittle: If you shave
just a hair off this side, it will fit into the hole.
--n. 3 close shave. narrow escape, Colloq narrow or near
squeak, US squeaker: That was a close shave! - You almost fell
out the window!
shed° n. lean-to, shelter, structure, addition, penthouse, hut,
shack, stall, booth, pen, cote, hutch: The tools are in the
shed alongside the barn.
shedý v. 1 spill: Much blood has been shed in the name of freedom.