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  • 21Bob Keen — Infobox actor name = Robert Bob Keen caption = birthname = Robert Keen birthdate = 1960 birthplace = othername = occupation = Director, Make up artist, Visual Effects artist yearsactive = spouse = influences = influenced = website =… …

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  • 22Cliff Keen — Cliff Keen, U M wrestling coach, 1925 1970 Clifford Patrick Keen (June 13, 1901 – November 4, 1991) was an American coach who served as the head coach of the University of Michigan collegiate wrestling team from 1925 to 1970. He led the Michigan… …

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  • 23Peter Keen — Infobox Football biography playername = Peter Keen fullname = Peter Alan Keen dateofbirth = birth date and age|1976|11|16 cityofbirth = Middlesbrough countryofbirth = England height = height|ft=6|ins=0 nickname = position = Goalkeeper currentclub …

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  • 24Malcolm Keen — (8 August 1887 – 30 January 1970) was an English film and television actor.[1] Born in Bristol, Keen was an early collaborator with the director Alfred Hitchcock, starring in his silent films The Mountain Eagle, The Lodger and The Manxman. Keen… …

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  • 25sharp — I. a. 1. Acute, keen, trenchant. 2. Pointed, peaked, ridged. 3. Sagacious, apt, shrewd, astute, acute, penetrating, subtle, perspicacious, discerning, discriminating, ingenious, inventive, witty, quick, clever, ready, smart, clear, sharp sighted …

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  • 26whet — [hwet, wet] vt. whetted, whetting [ME whetten < OE hwettan, to make keen < hwæt, sharp, keen, bold < IE base * kwed , to pierce, sharpen, whet > prob. L (tri)quetrus, (three )cornered] 1. to sharpen by rubbing or grinding (the edge of …

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  • 27sharpen — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make keen] Syn. grind, file, hone, put an edge on, grind to a fine edge, hone to a razor edge, make sharp, make acute, whet, strop, give an edge to, put a point on, give a fine point to. Ant. flatten*, thicken, turn. 2.… …

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  • 28sharpen — v. a. 1. Edge, make keen, point. 2. Make eager. 3. Sharp, make shrill. 4. Intensify, make more intense …

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  • 29whet — I. transitive verb (whetted; whetting) Etymology: Middle English whetten, from Old English hwettan; akin to Old High German wezzen to whet, waz sharp Date: before 12th century 1. to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (as a stone) < whet a&#8230; …

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  • 30strain — I v 1. tighten, draw tight or taut, stretch, extend, elongate, distend. 2. exert to the utmost, sharpen, whet, hone, make keen, sensitize; rack the brain, peel the eye, squint, listen hard, cock the ear, keep one s ears open. 3. sprain, wrench,&#8230; …

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