géaraigh — meaning in English
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English meaning
- exacerbate verb To make an already bad situation, problem or feeling noticeably worse.
- intensify verb To become stronger or more extreme, or to make something so.
- quicken verb To make something happen faster or more quickly.
- sharpen verb To make something sharp or sharper.
- sour adjective Having a sharp, acidic taste, like lemon or vinegar.
- whet verb To sharpen a blade or tool by rubbing it against a stone.
Senses
géaraigh is used for these senses in English:
- exacerbate (transitive) To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.).
- intensify (intransitive) To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
- quicken (literary, also, figuratively) To give life to (someone or something never alive or once dead); to animate, to resurrect, to revive. [from 14th c.]
- sharpen (transitive, sometimes, figurative) To make sharp.
- steepen (transitive) To make steeper.
- whet (transitive) To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone.
- whet (transitive) To stimulate or make more keen.