sharp
Other forms: sharper; sharpest; sharps
Something with a thin edge or a fine point that can cut is sharp. It's painful when your dog climbs into your lap, poking you with his sharp toenails.
A knife and a pointed stick are sharp, since they can pierce or cut, and a piercing pain in your neck is also sharp. You can also use sharp to describe a smart person or clever decision — or someone who dresses well, or the clothes such a person wears. Sharp also means clear, like sharp images in a book of black and white photography, or sudden, like a sharp turn in a mountain road.
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having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing“a sharp knife”“a pencil with a sharp point”synonyms:carnassial(of a tooth) adapted for shearing fleshchisel-likeresembling a chiseldagger-likeresembling a daggerdrill-likeresembling a drilledgedhaving a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as specified; often used in combinationfang-likeresembling a fangfile-likeresembling a fileincisivesuitable for cutting or piercingkeenhaving a sharp cutting edge or pointknifelikecutting or able to cut as if with a knifemetal-cuttinghard and sharp enough to cut metalrazor-sharpas sharp as a razorsharpenedmade sharp or sharpersharp-toothedhaving sharp teethpointedhaving a pointantonyms:dullnot having a sharp edge or pointbluntused of a knife or other blade; not sharpedgelesslacking a cutting edgeunsharpenednot sharpened
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ending in a sharp pointsynonyms: acuate, acute, needlelikepointedhaving a point
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extremely steep
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a long thin sewing needle with a sharp pointtype of:sewing needlea needle used in sewing to pull thread through cloth
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(of something seen or heard) clearly defined
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keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point“a sharp pain”“sharp winds”synonyms:cutting, keen, knifelike, lancinate, lancinating, piercing, stabbingpainful as if caused by a sharp instrumentfulguratingsharp and piercingsalt(of speech) painful or bitter
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having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctionssynonyms: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercingperceptivehaving the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment
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marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
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harsh“sharp criticism”“a sharp-worded exchange”synonyms: sharp-worded, tartunpleasantdisagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings
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having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
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very sudden and in great amount or degree“a sharp drop in the stock market”synonyms:suddenhappening without warning or in a short space of time
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quick and forceful“a sharp blow”synonyms:forcefulcharacterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical)
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changing suddenly in direction and degree
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(of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone
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a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note namedtypes:double sharpa musical notation of two sharps in front of a note indicating that it is to be raised by two semitonestype of:musical notation(music) notation used by musicians
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