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to unblunt

9.1

To make a tool or blade sharp again

verb
/ʌnˈblʌnt/

: afilar

After years of use, the gardener needed to unblunt her pruning shears for clean cuts.

Examples

Special tools are required to unblunt old scissors and restore their sharpness.
The chef tried to unblunt his favorite knife by carefully grinding the edge.
Please unblunt this knife before you use it!
He will unblunt the scissors for the craft project.
The chef tried to unblunt his favorite knife by carefully grinding the edge.
After years of use, the gardener needed to unblunt her pruning shears for clean cuts.
Special tools are required to unblunt old scissors and restore their sharpness.

Synonyms

to resharpen

vsto unblunt

1 3.0

To make a tool or blade sharp again after it becomes dull

is the same action but phrased more generally

to regrind

vsto unblunt

1 6.0

To grind something again to make it sharp or change its shape

focuses on making sharp again by any method, not only grinding

How Sharp

to hone

4 5.5

to sharpen

66 2.1

to unblunt

9.1

to blunt

18 4.2

Surface Forms

unblunt infinitive

unblunted past

unblunted past participle

unblunting present participle

unblunts third person singular

Morphology

unblunt = blunt (transparent) = un + blunt

The prefix 'un-' is used reversatively here (undoing the action of 'blunt'), so 'unblunt' meaning 'make sharp again' is a predictable formation from the verb 'blunt'.

Etymology

Unblunt as a verb is made from un- ('remove') and blunt ('dull'), so it means to remove dullness and make something sharp again. Think of it like 'undo' plus 'blunt', which is why to unblunt a knife is to sharpen it.