acuminate

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Adj

1. Tapering to a point; pointed.
2. Tapering to a long point in concave manner at its apex.

Verb

1. (transitive) To render sharp or keen; to sharpen.
2. (intransitive) To end in or come to a sharp point.

Hevwate

sharpen

pointed

point

spiky

strap

strop

whet

make pointed

sharp-pointed

coming to a point

barbed

cacuminous

edge

Werger

acuminado

cuspidatus

pontudo

puntegut

acuminé

pointés

pointées

pointée

braquée

appuntito

acuminato

appuntite

scherp

spits

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/əˈkjuːmɪnət/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

First attested in 1611; borrowed from Latin acuminātus, perfect passive participle acuminō (“to sharpen to a point”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).