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ACUMINATE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point
Classified under:
Similar:
simple; unsubdivided ((botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions)
Derivation:
acumen (a tapering point)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they acuminate ... he / she / it acuminates
Past simple: acuminated
Past participle: acuminated
-ing form: acuminating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "acuminate" is one way to...):
point; sharpen; taper (give a point to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
acumen (shrewdness shown by keen insight)
acumen (a tapering point)
