SMARTENING Synonyms

• tending to ameliorate

• changing for the better

• getting higher or more vigorous

• the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it

• the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)

• enlarge or increase

• grow or intensify

• the act of giving hope or support to someone

• an increase in cost

• the act of giving a push

• increase

• give a boost to; be beneficial to

• contribute to the progress or growth of

• increase or raise

• push or shove upward, as if from below or behind

• foster the growth of

• prepare for crops

• teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

• adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

• raise from a lower to a higher position

• raise in rank or condition

• increase the level of

• make better or more attractive

• a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors

• a tool consisting of a number of fine abrasive slips held in a machine head, rotated and reciprocated to impart a smooth finish to cylinder bores, etc.

• sharpen with a hone

• make perfect or complete

• an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

• software that provides better performance than an earlier version did

• a reservation that is improved

• the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises

• hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did

• the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components)

• rate higher; raise in value or esteem

• to improve what was old or outdated

• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

• get better travel conditions

• give better travel conditions to

• provide with computers

• store in a computer

• control a function, process, or creation by a computer