wyostrzać
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Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]wyostrzać impf (perfective wyostrzyć)
- (transitive) to sharpen, to whet (to make sharp)
- (transitive) to sharpen (to make the shapes or outlines of something more clearly defined, e.g. facial features)
- Synonym: zaostrzać
- (transitive, photography) to sharpen up (to make the outlines in a photo or picture clear and well cut from the background by using appropriate tools or techniques)
- wyostrzać zdjęcie ― to sharpen up a photo
- (transitive) to sensitize (to cause someone to react strongly to sensory stimuli)
- Synonyms: wyczulać, zaostrzać
- Antonym: przytępiać
- (transitive) to sharpen up (to make a phenomenon or problem more pronounced)
- (transitive, sailing) to haul (to steer closer to the wind)
- (reflexive with się) to sharpen up (to get more clearly outlined)
- (reflexive with się, photography) to sharpen up (to gain clearer contours, well separated from the background)
- (reflexive with się) to get sensitized (to start reacting strongly to sensory stimuli)
- (reflexive with się) to sharpen up (to become a more pronounced phenomenon or problem)
Conjugation
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- wyostrzać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- wyostrzać się in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- wyostrzać in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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- Polish terms suffixed with -ać
- Polish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɔstʂat͡ɕ
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔstʂat͡ɕ/3 syllables
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- pl:Photography
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