Examples of using "заточить" in a sentence and their english translations:
Your pencils need sharpening.
Your pencils need sharpening.
You should sharpen your pencil.
- The scissors are blunt. They need to be sharpened.
- These scissors are blunt. They need sharpening.
- He instructed the boy to sharpen his pencil.
- He told the boy to sharpen his pencil.
There is no prison to imprison our thoughts.
The knives are not sharp, I need to whet them.