Word Finder - sharp

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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.

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The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F♯ (F sharp).

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A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.

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A note that is sharp in a particular key.

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The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps.

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The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.

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Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is written in C♯ minor (C sharp minor.)

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(usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.

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Place sharps in the specially marked red container for safe disposal.

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A dishonest person; a cheater.

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The casino kept in the break room a set of pictures of known sharps for the bouncers to see.

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Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.

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A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.

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(in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.

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An expert.

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A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).

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

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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.

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To sharpen.

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

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A face with sharp features

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Intelligent.

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My nephew is a sharp lad; he can count to 100 in six languages, and he's only five years old.

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Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).

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Higher in pitch than required.

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The orchestra's third violin several times was sharp about an eighth of a tone.

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Having an intense, acrid flavour.

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Milly couldn't stand sharp cheeses when she was pregnant, because they made her nauseated.

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Sudden and intense.

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A pregnant woman during labor normally experiences a number of sharp contractions.

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Illegal or dishonest.

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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.

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a sharp dealer;  a sharp customer

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Exact, precise, accurate; keen.

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You'll need sharp aim to make that shot.

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Offensive, critical, or acrimonious.

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When the two rivals met, first there were sharp words, and then a fight broke out.

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Stylish or attractive.

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You look so sharp in that tuxedo!

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Observant; alert; acute.

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Keep a sharp watch on the prisoners. I don't want them to escape!

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Forming a small angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.

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Drive down Main for three quarters of a mile, then make a sharp right turn onto Pine.

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Steep; precipitous; abrupt.

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a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve

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(of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.

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Sure, any planar graph can be five-colored. But that result is not sharp: in fact, any planar graph can be four-colored. That is sharp: the same can't be said for any lower number.

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Tactical; risky.

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Piercing; keen; severe; painful.

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a sharp pain; the sharp and frosty winter air

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Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.

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a sharp appetite

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Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.

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Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.

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Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.

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Hungry.

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To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.

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(notcomp) Exactly.

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I'll see you at twelve o'clock sharp.

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In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.

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I didn't enjoy the concert much because the tenor kept going sharp on the high notes.