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sharp
  1. (music) The 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 a semitone higher.
  2. (music) A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
  3. (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
  4. (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
  5. (plural) Something that is sharp.
  6. A sharp tool or weapon.
  7. (medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
  8. (medicine) A scalpel or other edged instrument used in surgery.
  9. A dishonest person; a cheater.
  10. Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
  11. A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
  12. (plural) middlings
  13. (slang, dated) An expert.
  14. A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
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  16. Examples:
    1. “All I know is that he was a real estate sharp, and he got me a deal I could not refuse.”
sharpness
  1. (uncountable) the cutting ability of an edge; keenness
  2. (uncountable) the fineness of the point a pointed object
  3. (countable) The product or result of being sharp.
  4. (of food etc) pungency or acidity
  5. (of an image) distinctness, focus
  6. (of intelligence) acuteness or acuity
  7. (obsolete) edge or blade
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  9. Examples:
    1. “Mr. Errett's happy little thrusts show at once the skill of his hand and the sharpness of his blade.”
      “Such exercise was essential to keep his body ready for action and to maintain his sharpness of mind.”
      “She treats those of her own way of thinking with the edge of her wit and the sharpness of her tongue.”
sharping
  1. (music) The raising of the pitch of a note by half a step.
  2. Fraud; trickery; the acts of a sharper.
sharpening
sharpener
  1. A device for making things sharp.
  2. (figuratively) That which makes something sharp.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “When the sharpener is pulled firmly across a double-sided blade, it hones both sides of the tool at once.”
      “I flinched and immediately hunched over the old manual pencil sharpener and furiously cranked that handle like there was no tomorrow.”
      “It's a ceramic sharpener that's capable of touching up even serrated edges.”
sharper
  1. (dated) a swindler; a cheat; a professional gambler who makes his living by cheating.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In a twinkling, the accomplished sharper changes the pitchers and, pretending to examine the contents, asks the tapster what kind of wine he has given him.”
sharpenings
sharpeners
  1. plural of sharpener
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I used to carry the bench and tools on my shoulder like other knife sharpeners you see in the street.”
      “Knife sharpeners and rubbish collectors advertised their services in musical calls.”
      “Watchers are notorious pencil sharpeners, ribbon changers, plant waterers, home repairers and abhorrers of messy rooms or messy pages.”
sharpnesses
sharpings
  1. plural of sharping
sharpers
sharps
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