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Sharp (?), a. [Compar. Sharper (?); superl. Sharpest.] [OE. sharp, scharp, scarp, AS. scearp; akin to OS. skarp, LG. scharp, D. scherp, G. scharf, Dan. & Sw. skarp, Icel. skarpr. Cf. Escarp, Scrape, Scorpion.] 1. Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.
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He dies upon my scimeter's sharp point.
Shak.
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2. Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded; somewhat pointed or edged; peaked or ridged; as, a sharp hill; sharp features.
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3. Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash.
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4. (Mus.) (a) High in pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone. (b) Raised a semitone in pitch; as, C sharp (C♯), which is a half step, or semitone, higher than C. (c) So high as to be out of tune, or above true pitch; as, the tone is sharp; that instrument is sharp. Opposed in all these senses to flat.
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5. Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air.
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Sharp misery had worn him to the bones.
Shak.
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The morning sharp and clear.
Cowper.
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In sharpest perils faithful proved.
Keble.
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6. Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke. “That sharp look.” Tennyson.
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To that place the sharp Athenian law
Can not pursue us.
Shak.
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Be thy words severe,
Sharp as merits but the sword forbear.
Dryden.
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7. Of keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish; having nice discrimination; acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp sight, hearing, or judgment.
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Nothing makes men sharper . . . than want.
Addison.
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Many other things belong to the material world, wherein the sharpest philosophers have never ye&unr_; arrived at clear and distinct ideas.
L. Watts.
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8. Eager in pursuit; keen in quest; impatient for gratification; keen; as, a sharp appetite.
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9. Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous. “In sharp contest of battle.” Milton.
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A sharp assault already is begun.
Dryden.
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10. Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interest; close and exact in dealing; shrewd; as, a sharp dealer; a sharp customer.
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The necessity of being so sharp and exacting.
Swift.
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11. Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty; as, sharp sand. Moxon.
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12. Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve.
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13. (Phonetics) Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone, without voice, as certain consonants, such as p, k, t, f; surd; nonvocal; aspirated.
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&hand_; Sharp is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sharp-cornered, sharp-edged, sharp-pointed, sharp-tasted, sharp-visaged, etc.
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Sharp practice, the getting of an advantage, or the attempt to do so, by a tricky expedient. -- To brace sharp, or To sharp up (Naut.), to turn the yards to the most oblique position possible, that the ship may lie well up to the wind.
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Syn. -- Keen; acute; piercing; penetrating; quick; sagacious; discerning; shrewd; witty; ingenious; sour; acid; tart; pungent; acrid; severe; poignant; biting; acrimonious; sarcastic; cutting; bitter; painful; afflictive; violent; harsh; fierce; ardent; fiery.
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Sharp (?), adv. 1. To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply. M. Arnold.
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The head [of a spear] full sharp yground.
Chaucer.
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You bite so sharp at reasons.
Shak.
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2. Precisely; exactly; as, we shall start at ten o'clock sharp. [Colloq.]
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Look sharp, attend; be alert. [Colloq.]
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Sharp, n. 1. A sharp tool or weapon. [Obs.]
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If butchers had but the manners to go to sharps, gentlemen would be contented with a rubber at cuffs.
Collier.
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2. (Mus.) (a) The character [♯] used to indicate that the note before which it is placed is to be raised a half step, or semitone, in pitch. (b) A sharp tone or note. Shak.
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3. A portion of a stream where the water runs very rapidly. [Prov. Eng.] C. Kingsley.
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4. A sewing needle having a very slender point; a needle of the most pointed of the three grades, blunts, betweens, and sharps.
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5. pl. Same as Middlings, 1.
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6. An expert. [Slang]
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Sharp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sharped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sharping.] 1. To sharpen. [Obs.] Spenser.
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2. (Mus.) To raise above the proper pitch; to elevate the tone of; especially, to raise a half step, or semitone, above the natural tone.
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Sharp, v. i. 1. To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper. L'Estrange.
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2. (Mus.) To sing above the proper pitch.
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