sharp
Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
Example
“I keep my knives sharp so that they don't slip unexpectedly while carving.”
Other meanings
Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol after the name of the note).
Higher in pitch than required.
“The orchestra's third violin several times was sharp about an eighth of a tone.”
Related words
- outsharp
- sharpchin
- sharptooth
- sharp sand
- sharp-beaked ground finch
- sharp-shod
- dagger-sharp
- sharp-elbowed
- laser-sharp
- sharp-sighted
- sharpish
- sharp-tailed grouse
Word history
From Old English "sċearp".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “sharp” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.