Whetstone means Whetstone and Afilar in Spanish | Discover Synonyms, Part of Speech & Examples

Whetstone

Translation of Whetstone in Spanish :

whetstone

NOUN

This is Nanny Whetstone, the 17th nanny ... Esta es la nana Whetstone, es la decimoséptima nana ...

afilar

NOUN

Synonyms: sharpen, hone, honing, taper, whet, grindstone

in English

1. Sharpen

sharpen

afilar

VERB

Synonyms: hone, honing, whetstone, taper, whet, grindstone

My father was not allowed to sharpen his own knives. Mi padre no podía afilar sus propios cuchillos.
Maybe i can sharpen their skates. Podria afilar sus patines.
Or sharpen our knives and make our pans. Afilar nuestros cuchillos y hacer nuestras cacerolas.
You ought to see him sharpen knives. Debería verle afilar los cuchillos.
We have nothing to sharpen. No tenemos nada para afilar.

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II)

agudizar

VERB

Synonyms: exacerbate, worsen

The aim clearly has been to sharpen the financial crisis of ... El objetivo ha sido evidentemente agudizar la crisis financiera del ...
we had to sharpen the wits and enter into new ... hemos tenido que agudizar el ingenio y entrar en nuevas ...
... some of the pencils i sharpen the climate ... algunos de los lápices i agudizar el clima
... for several weeks can sharpen the mind. ... durante varias semanas puede agudizar la mente.
... which will allow us to sharpen our perception, ... lo cual nos permitirá agudizar nuestra percepción,

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III)

afinar

VERB

Synonyms: tune, refine, tuning, hone, fine tune, keying

sharpen their performance so the stronger afinar su rendimiento por lo que el más fuerte
just sharpen up a flavor your whole family will light sólo afinar un sabor su totalidad familia se encenderá
... , indeed, it is necessary to sharpen the perspective. ... , por supuesto, es necesario afinar la perspectiva.
you're not get to sharpen up no te llega a afinar

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IV)

perfilar

NOUN

Synonyms: profiling, outline, contour

The Sharpen dialog box appears. Aparecerá el cuadro de diálogo Perfilar.
Use a Sharpen option to correct blurry images: Utilice una opción de Perfilar para corregir las imágenes borrosas:
The Sharpen tool is useful for repairing ... La herramienta Perfilar es útil para reparar ...
... the pixels you want to sharpen, blur, or smudge ... ... los píxeles que desee perfilar, desenfocar o difuminar ...
... icon of the button to open the sharpen dialog box. ... icono del botón para abrir el cuadro de diálogo Perfilar

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aguzar

VERB

... a root of some special sort to sharpen his wits. ... una raíz muy especial para aguzar sus sentidos.
... an economical crisis to sharpen the creativity. ... una crisis económica para aguzar la creatividad.

VI)

afilarla

VERB

VII)

enfoca

VERB

Synonyms: focuses, zoom, zooms, sharpens

... where significant color changes occur and sharpen them. ... donde se producen cambios de color significativos y las enfoca.
If you sharpen your image on a separate layer, ... Si enfoca la imagen en una capa independiente, ...

VIII)

nitidez

NOUN

Synonyms: sharpness, clarity, sharpening, crispness, acutance

IX)

perfeccionar

VERB

Synonyms: perfect, perfecting, refine, hone, honing

2. Honing

honing

afilamiento

NOUN

Synonyms: sharpening, edging

II)

afilar

VERB

Synonyms: sharpen, hone, whetstone, taper, whet, grindstone

III)

perfeccionar

VERB

Synonyms: perfect, perfecting, refine, hone, sharpen

I have no worries and I focus on honing my skills Sin preocupaciones y centrándome en perfeccionar mis habilidades.

IV)

afinando

VERB

Synonyms: tweaking, refining

... be really good for just honing a particular skill. ... ser muy bueno para simplemente afinando un determinado habilidad.
... meditation is that we are honing and we're strengthening something ... la meditación es que estamos afinando y fortaleciendo algo
... with improving his skills, honing his m.o. ... con mejorar sus habilidades, afinando su modus operandi.

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3. Taper

taper

forma cónica

NOUN

Synonyms: conical

... head, but considerably more taper towards the nose. ... cabeza, pero la forma cónica mucho más hacia la nariz.
the body has a taper into which the olive ... el cuerpo tiene una forma cónica en la que la oliva ...

II)

ahusamiento

NOUN

Synonyms: tapering

III)

cónicos

NOUN

Synonyms: conical, tapered, bevel, conic

... our assortment of split taper bushings has been increased. ... nuestra gama de Bushings cónicos ha incrementado considerablemente.

IV)

encintadora

NOUN

cono

NOUN

Synonyms: cone

... of the cutter and the taper. ... de herramienta y el cono.
The taper was still on the table, and by El cono se sigue sobre la mesa, y por
The taper was still on the ... El cono se sigue sobre la ...
... her gold thimble to her taper middle finger as she ... su dedal de oro en el dedo medio cono como ella

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VI)

afilarse

VERB

Synonyms: sharpened

VII)

afilar

VERB

Synonyms: sharpen, hone, honing, whetstone, whet, grindstone

4. Whet

whet

amolar

VERB

Synonyms: grinding

beery breath of a whet he had taken as he aliento cervecero de amolar que había tomado como
... an elephant, as a preliminary whet before dinner. ... un elefante, como amolar preliminar antes de la cena.

II)

afilar

NOUN

Synonyms: sharpen, hone, honing, whetstone, taper, grindstone

to whet the scaling knife. para afilar el cuchillo del balance.

III)

abrir

VERB

Synonyms: open, opening, opened, unlock

... should please the palate and whet the appetite at the same ... ... debería placer al paladar y abrir el apetito al mismo ...

5. Grindstone

grindstone

muela

NOUN

Synonyms: wheel, grinding wheel, molar, tooth, mill, wisdom teeth

The grindstone had a double handle, and, La muela tenía una doble asa, y,
has its nose to the grindstone tiene su nariz a la muela
hum of the grindstone was heard till nearly el zumbido de la muela se escuchó hasta casi
laid into that grindstone and walked her along ... establecidos en esa muela y la acompañó a lo largo ...
The grindstone had a double handle ... La muela tenía una doble asa ...