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sharp in Hindi हिन्दी
sharp in Malayalam മലയാളം
sharp in Sindhi سنڌي
sharp in English
- sharp⇄adj. 1. having a thin cutting edge or a fine point.
Ex. a sharp knife, a sharp pin, a sharp pencil.
2. having or coming to a point; not rounded.
Ex. a sharp nose, a sharp corner on a box.
(SYN) angular, pointed.
3. with a - sharp⇄adv. sharply.
- sharp⇄adv. 1. promptly; exactly.
Ex. Come at one o'clock sharp.
2. in a sharp manner; in an alert manner; keenly.
Ex. Look sharp!
3. suddenly; abruptly.
Ex. to pull a horse up sharp.
4. (Music.) above the true pitch.sharp⇄expr. sharps,
a. the hard part of grain, requiring a second grinding.
Ex. These sharps were ground a second time, ... and the produce was 46 lb. of ... barley (Farmer's Magazine).
b. long needles with very sharp points.
Ex. Thesharp⇄noun sharpness.sharp⇄noun 1. (Music.)
a. a tone one half step above natural pitch.
b. the sign that shows this.
2. a swindler; sharper.
Ex. ... chiseling tactics on the part of back-alley sharps (Wall Street Journal).
3. (Informal.) an expersharp⇄sharp, adjective, adverb, noun, verb.sharp⇄v.i. (Music.) to sound a note above the true pitch.sharp⇄v.t. (Music.) to raise (a note) in pitch, especially by one half step.