заточи́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• immure verb To shut someone away, often behind walls, or to cut yourself off from the world.
• sharpen verb To make something sharp or sharper.

Senses

заточи́ть is used for these senses in English:

• immure (transitive) To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.
• sharpen (transitive, sometimes, figurative) To make sharp.

immure — full definition

1. verb To shut someone away, often behind walls, or to cut yourself off from the world.
2. verb To seal something or someone inside a wall.
3. verb (technical) To trap an unwanted substance inside a material.

sharpen — full definition

1. verb To make something sharp or sharper.
2. verb To become sharp or sharper.

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