'Sharp' definitions:
Definition of 'sharp'
From: WordNet
adverb
Changing suddenly in direction and degree; "the road twists sharply after the light"; "turn sharp left here"; "the visor was acutely peaked"; "her shoes had acutely pointed toes" [syn: sharply, sharp, acutely]
adjective
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined; "a sharp photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot" [syn: crisp, sharp]
adjective
adjective
Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" [syn: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp]
adjective
Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow" [syn: astute, sharp, shrewd]
adjective
Harsh; "sharp criticism"; "a sharp-worded exchange"; "a tart remark" [syn: sharp, sharp-worded, tart]
adjective
Having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones ; "a shrill whistle"; "a shrill gaiety" [syn: shrill, sharp]
adjective
Extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop" [syn: abrupt, precipitous, sharp]
adjective
Keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point; "a sharp pain"; "sharp winds" [ant: dull]
adjective
Having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing; "a sharp knife"; "a pencil with a sharp point" [ant: dull]
adjective
adjective
Very sudden and in great amount or degree; "a sharp drop in the stock market"
adjective
Quick and forceful; "a sharp blow"
noun
A musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
noun
A long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
Definition of 'Sharp'
From: GCIDE
- Sharp \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. [1913 Webster]
- He dies upon my scimeter's sharp point. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded; somewhat pointed or edged; peaked or ridged; as, a sharp hill; sharp features. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Mus.) (a) High in pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone. (b) Raised a semitone in pitch; as, C sharp (C[sharp]), 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. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air. [1913 Webster]
- Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The morning sharp and clear. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- In sharpest perils faithful proved. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke. "That sharp look." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- To that place the sharp Athenian law Can not pursue us. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Be thy words severe, Sharp as merits but the sword forbear. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Nothing makes men sharper . . . than want. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Many other things belong to the material world, wherein the sharpest philosophers have never ye? arrived at clear and distinct ideas. --L. Watts. [1913 Webster]
- 8. Eager in pursuit; keen in quest; impatient for gratification; keen; as, a sharp appetite. [1913 Webster]
- 9. Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous. "In sharp contest of battle." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- A sharp assault already is begun. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 10. Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interest; close and exact in dealing; shrewd; as, a sharp dealer; a sharp customer. [1913 Webster]
- The necessity of being so sharp and exacting. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 11. Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty; as, sharp sand. --Moxon. [1913 Webster]
- 12. Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Sharp is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sharp-cornered, sharp-edged, sharp-pointed, sharp-tasted, sharp-visaged, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sharp'
From: GCIDE
- Sharp \Sharp\, v. i.
- 1. To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mus.) To sing above the proper pitch. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sharp'
From: GCIDE
- Sharp \Sharp\, adv.
- 1. To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
- The head [of a spear] full sharp yground. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- You bite so sharp at reasons. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Precisely; exactly; as, we shall start at ten o'clock sharp. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- Look sharp, attend; be alert. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sharp'
From: GCIDE
- Sharp \Sharp\, n.
- 1. A sharp tool or weapon. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- If butchers had but the manners to go to sharps, gentlemen would be contented with a rubber at cuffs. --Collier. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mus.) (a) The character [[sharp]] 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A portion of a stream where the water runs very rapidly. [Prov. Eng.] --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A sewing needle having a very slender point; a needle of the most pointed of the three grades, blunts, betweens, and sharps. [1913 Webster]
- 5. pl. Same as Middlings, 1. [1913 Webster]
- 6. An expert. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sharp'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'sharp'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrupt,
- abruptly,
- absonant,
- absorbing,
- accidental,
- accurately,
- acerb,
- acerbate,
- acerbic,
- acicular,
- acid,
- acidic,
- acidulent,
- acidulous,
- acrid,
- acrimonious,
- acuminate,
- acute,
- adept,
- Admirable Crichton,
- adroit,
- adventurer,
- affecting,
- afflictive,
- aggressive,
- agile,
- agonizing,
- akimbo,
- alacritous,
- alert,
- alertly,
- algid,
- alive,
- amaroidal,
- angular,
- apt,
- arch,
- arctic,
- argute,
- artful,
- artisan,
- artist,
- asperous,
- astringent,
- astute,
- at the gun,
- atonal,
- atrocious,
- attache,
- attentive,
- attentively,
- Attic,
- austere,
- authority,
- awake,
- bang,
- bearish,
- beastly,
- below zero,
- bent,
- betting ring,
- bettor,
- biting,
- bitter,
- bitter as gall,
- bitterly cold,
- bleak,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- bold,
- boneshaker,
- boreal,
- brainy,
- brash,
- braw,
- breakneck,
- breve,
- bright,
- brilliant,
- brisk,
- brumal,
- brusque,
- bunco artist,
- bunco steerer,
- cacophonous,
- cagey,
- calculating,
- canny,
- cardshark,
- cardsharp,
- cardsharper,
- carefully,
- carpetbagger,
- caustic,
- cavalier,
- cheerless,
- chic,
- chiseling,
- churlish,
- classy,
- clever,
- clothes-conscious,
- coarse,
- cold,
- cold as charity,
- cold as death,
- cold as ice,
- cold as marble,
- collusive,
- comfortless,
- compulsive gambler,
- con artist,
- con man,
- confidence man,
- connaisseur,
- connoisseur,
- consultant,
- cordon bleu,
- cornered,
- corroding,
- corrosive,
- cosmopolitan,
- covinous,
- crack shot,
- cracked,
- craftsman,
- crafty,
- cramping,
- crap shooter,
- creaky,
- crimp,
- crisp,
- crooked,
- crotched,
- crotchet,
- cruel,
- crusty,
- cunning,
- curt,
- cuspidate,
- cute,
- cutting,
- dapper,
- dash,
- dashing,
- dead shot,
- deceitful,
- deep,
- deep-felt,
- deep-laid,
- deepgoing,
- demisemiquaver,
- deplorable,
- depressing,
- depressive,
- designing,
- dexterous,
- diaphonic,
- diplomat,
- diplomatic,
- diplomatist,
- discomforting,
- disconsonant,
- discordant,
- disharmonic,
- disharmonious,
- dishonest,
- dismal,
- dismaying,
- dispatchful,
- dissonant,
- distressful,
- distressing,
- dolorific,
- dolorogenic,
- dolorous,
- dominant,
- dominant note,
- double whole note,
- double-edged,
- drastic,
- dreary,
- dressed to advantage,
- dressed to kill,
- dressy,
- drilling,
- droll,
- ear-piercing,
- ear-splitting,
- edge,
- edged,
- eighth note,
- elder statesman,
- elegant,
- enharmonic,
- enharmonic note,
- escharotic,
- exactly,
- excessive,
- excruciating,
- exorbitant,
- expeditious,
- experienced hand,
- expert,
- expert consultant,
- exquisite,
- extravagant,
- extreme,
- facetious,
- false,
- falsehearted,
- fashionable,
- fast,
- featheredged,
- feline,
- fierce,
- finagling,
- fine,
- flat,
- fly,
- forked,
- foxy,
- fraudulent,
- freezing,
- freezing cold,
- frigid,
- funny,
- furcal,
- furcate,
- furious,
- furtive,
- gambler,
- gamester,
- gelid,
- geniculate,
- geniculated,
- genteel,
- gifted,
- glacial,
- gnawing,
- graduate,
- grating,
- grave,
- great,
- grievous,
- griping,
- gruff,
- guileful,
- half note,
- handy man,
- hard,
- harrowing,
- harsh,
- hastily,
- hazarder,
- headlong,
- heartfelt,
- hemidemisemiquaver,
- hep,
- hibernal,
- hiemal,
- high,
- high-pitched,
- homefelt,
- hone,
- hooked,
- horse coper,
- horse trader,
- hot,
- howling,
- humorous,
- humorsome,
- hurtful,
- hurting,
- hyperborean,
- ice-cold,
- ice-encrusted,
- icelike,
- icy,
- immelodious,
- immoderate,
- impetuously,
- impulsively,
- incisive,
- inclement,
- inconsiderate,
- indelible,
- indirect,
- ingenious,
- inharmonic,
- inharmonious,
- insidious,
- intelligent,
- intemperate,
- intense,
- inventive,
- irritating,
- jackleg,
- jagged,
- jaunty,
- jesting,
- jocose,
- jocular,
- joking,
- joky,
- joshing,
- journeyman,
- joyless,
- keen,
- keen-edged,
- keen-witted,
- keening,
- knee-shaped,
- knifelike,
- knowing,
- lamentable,
- land pirate,
- land shark,
- land-grabber,
- like a flash,
- like a thunderbolt,
- loud,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- malicious,
- malignant,
- marked,
- marksman,
- minim,
- mordacious,
- mordant,
- mortgage shark,
- mournful,
- moving,
- musical note,
- musicless,
- nasty,
- natty,
- natural,
- neat,
- needle-sharp,
- nifty,
- nimble,
- nimble-witted,
- nipping,
- nippy,
- no dumbbell,
- no slouch,
- nobby,
- nonmelodious,
- nose-piercing,
- nose-tickling,
- not born yesterday,
- note,
- numbing,
- observant,
- odorous,
- of a sudden,
- off,
- off-key,
- off-tone,
- on short notice,
- on the,
- on the alert,
- on the ball,
- on the button,
- on the dot,
- on the instant,
- on the job,
- on the minute,
- on the nose,
- on time,
- original,
- out of pitch,
- out of tone,
- out of tune,
- outrageous,
- painful,
- paralyzing,
- paroxysmal,
- patent note,
- pathetic,
- pawky,
- peaked,
- peaky,
- penetrating,
- perceptive,
- pervading,
- pettifogger,
- petty gambler,
- piercing,
- piker,
- pinching,
- piping,
- piquant,
- pitchman,
- piteous,
- pitiable,
- player,
- plop,
- plump,
- plunger,
- plunging,
- plunk,
- poignant,
- pointed,
- poisonous,
- politic,
- politician,
- pop,
- posh,
- precipitantly,
- precipitately,
- precipitous,
- precipitously,
- precisely,
- pro,
- professional,
- professor,
- proficient,
- profound,
- prompt,
- punctually,
- pungent,
- punter,
- quarter note,
- quaver,
- qui vive,
- quick,
- quick-thinking,
- quick-witted,
- racking,
- rapid,
- rapier-like,
- raucous,
- raw,
- razor-edged,
- ready,
- recherche,
- reedy,
- reeking,
- regrettable,
- report,
- resourceful,
- responding note,
- right,
- rigorous,
- ritzy,
- rough,
- rueful,
- sad,
- saddening,
- salt,
- salty,
- sarcastic,
- sardonic,
- savant,
- saw-toothed,
- sawtooth,
- scathing,
- scheming,
- scintillating,
- scorching,
- screaky,
- screeching,
- screechy,
- semibreve,
- semiquaver,
- sensitive,
- serpentine,
- serrate,
- set,
- severe,
- shall,
- shaped note,
- shark,
- sharp-cornered,
- sharp-sighted,
- sharp-witted,
- sharpened,
- sharper,
- sharpie,
- sharply,
- sheer,
- shifty,
- shooting,
- short,
- shortchanger,
- shrewd,
- shrieking,
- shrieky,
- shrill,
- shyster,
- Siberian,
- sixteenth note,
- sixty-fourth note,
- slap,
- sleek,
- sleepless,
- sleety,
- slick,
- slicker,
- slippery,
- slushy,
- sly,
- smack,
- smack-dab,
- smart,
- smooth,
- smug,
- snaky,
- snappy,
- snazzy,
- sneaky,
- snippy,
- soigne,
- soignee,
- sophistical,
- sophisticated,
- sore,
- sorrowful,
- sour,
- spang,
- sparkling,
- spasmatic,
- spasmic,
- spasmodic,
- speculator,
- speedy,
- spiccato,
- spicy,
- spieler,
- spiffy,
- spiteful,
- splitting,
- sport,
- sporting man,
- sportsman,
- sprightly,
- spruce,
- spry,
- square,
- squarely,
- squeaking,
- squeaky,
- stabbing,
- staccato,
- startlingly,
- statesman,
- stealthy,
- steel-trap,
- steep,
- stinging,
- stone-cold,
- strategic,
- strict,
- strident,
- stringent,
- strong,
- strong-scented,
- strong-smelling,
- style-conscious,
- stylish,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- subzero,
- sudden,
- suddenly,
- suffocating,
- supercooled,
- supple,
- surly,
- surprisingly,
- surreptitious,
- sustained note,
- swank,
- swanky,
- swell,
- swift,
- swish,
- tactical,
- talented,
- tangy,
- tart,
- technical adviser,
- technician,
- tercet,
- thin,
- thirty-second note,
- thoughtless,
- tinhorn,
- tipster,
- to the minute,
- tone,
- tony,
- tormenting,
- torturous,
- touching,
- tough,
- tout,
- treacherous,
- treble,
- trenchant,
- trendy,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- trig,
- trim,
- triplet,
- truculent,
- tuneless,
- two-edged,
- two-faced,
- ululant,
- unawares,
- unblinking,
- unceremonious,
- uncomfortable,
- unconscionable,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- unethical,
- unexpectedly,
- ungracious,
- unharmonious,
- unkind,
- unmelodious,
- unmusical,
- unnodding,
- unscrupulous,
- unsleeping,
- untunable,
- untuned,
- untuneful,
- unwinking,
- V-shaped,
- vehement,
- venomous,
- venturer,
- vertical,
- violent,
- virulent,
- vitriolic,
- vivid,
- vulpine,
- wagerer,
- wailing,
- wakeful,
- wary,
- well-dressed,
- well-groomed,
- whet,
- whimsical,
- whining,
- whistling,
- whole note,
- wide-awake,
- wily,
- winterbound,
- winterlike,
- wintery,
- wintry,
- withering,
- without notice,
- without warning,
- witty,
- woebegone,
- woeful,
- wretched,
- Y-shaped,
- zigzag
Sharp -- U.S. County in Arkansas
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Sharp -- U.S. County in Arkansas
Population (2000) :
17119
Housing Units (2000) :
9342
Land area (2000) :
604.353312 sq. miles (1565.267826 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
1.991812 sq. miles (5.158769 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
606.345124 sq. miles (1570.426595 sq. km)
Located within :
Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location :
36.190062 N, 91.498459 W
Words containing 'Sharp'
- Sharped,
- Sharpes,
- Sharping,
- Sharpness,
- To sharp up,
- Look sharp,
- Sharp County,
- Sharp practice,
- Sharp, AR,
- Sharpes, FL,
- To brace sharp,
- To brace up sharp,
- card sharp,
- double sharp,
- sharp eye,
- sharp eyed,
- sharp tongue,
- shrill sharp,
- Sharp County, AR,
- Sharp-cut,
- Sharp-set,
- Sharp-sighted,
- Sharp-sightedness,
- Sharp-witted,
- razor-sharp,
- sharp-angled,
- sharp-cornered,
- sharp-eared,
- sharp-eyed,
- sharp-limbed,
- sharp-nosed,
- sharp-pointed,
- sharp-tasting,
- sharp-toothed,
- sharp-worded,
- sharp-tailed grouse