Sharpname

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  A surname.

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  An unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri, United States.

sharpadj/ʃɑːp/

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  Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.

  • I keep my knives sharp so that they don't slip unexpectedly while carving.
  • Ernest made the pencil too sharp and accidentally stabbed himself with it.
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  Intelligent.

  • My nephew is a sharp lad; he can count to 100 in six languages, and he's only five years old.
  • At school, despite his sharp mind, Malcolm was laughed at by teachers when he said he wanted to be a lawyer.
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  entertainmentlifestylemusicRaised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ⟨♯⟩ after the name of the note).

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  entertainmentlifestylemusicHigher in pitch than required.

  • The orchestra's third violin several times was sharp about an eighth of a tone.
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  Having a strong acrid or acidic taste.

  • Milly couldn't stand sharp cheeses when she was pregnant, because they made her nauseated.
  • This grapefruit is especially sharp.
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  Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.

  • A pregnant woman during labor normally experiences a number of sharp contractions.
  • The man turned and made a sharp movement towards the door.
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  Illegal or dishonest.

  • Michael had a number of sharp ventures that he kept off the books.
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  Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest.

  • a sharp dealer, a sharp customer, sharp practice
  • But, as they have hitherto stood, a clergyman established in a competent living is not under the necessity of being so sharp, vigilant, and exacting.

sharpadv/ʃɑːp/

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  In a sharp manner: a less usual alternative to sharply in certain senses.

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  In a sharp manner: a less usual alternative to sharply in certain senses.

  • The iron plates rang sharp, but turn'd the spear
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  In a sharp manner: a less usual alternative to sharply in certain senses.

  • You bite so sharp at reasons.
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  In a sharp manner: a less usual alternative to sharply in certain senses.

  • South of the city the river turns sharp to the east.
  • sharp left, sharp right
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  Exactly.

  • I'll see you at twelve o'clock sharp.
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  entertainmentlifestylemusicIn a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.

  • I didn't enjoy the concert much because the soprano sang sharp on all the high notes.
  • 1867, Dutton Cook, Hobson's Choice, Chapter 8, “Music Hath Charms”, p. 72 https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Hobson_s_Choice/hwhhEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Matilda+Milner+frequently+sang+sharp%22&pg=PA72&printsec=frontcover Whereas Matilda Milner frequently sang sharp, in spite of the efforts of Miss Brown, who played the accompaniment, to give her the right note and keep her in tune.

sharpnoun/ʃɑːp/

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  entertainmentlifestylemusicThe symbol ⟨♯⟩, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played one chromatic semitone higher.

  • The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F♯ (F sharp).
  • Transposition frequently is harder to read because of all the sharps and flats on the staff.
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  entertainmentlifestylemusicA note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ⟨♯⟩.

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  entertainmentlifestylemusicA note that is sharp in a particular key.

  • The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps.
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  entertainmentlifestylemusicThe scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.

  • Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is written in C♯ minor (C sharp minor).
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  Something that is sharp.

  • Place sharps in the specially marked red container for safe disposal.
  • If butchers had but the manners to go to sharps, gentlemen would be contented with a rubber at cuffs.
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  medicinesciencesSomething that is sharp.

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  datedmedicinesciencesSomething that is sharp.

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  governmenthealthcarehuman-sciencesSomething that is sharp.

sharpverb/ʃɑːp/

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  entertainmentlifestylemusicTo raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.

  • That new musician must be tone deaf: he sharped half the notes of the song!
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  To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.

  • he made a shift yet to pick up a Sorry Living upon the Rook ; and not by Sharping alone , but now and then by downright Stealing
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  obsoleteTo sharpen.

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