sharp

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, Tocharian B, Latvian , Russian , Polish , Albanian. More at.

Adjective

 * 1) Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
 * 2)  Intelligent.
 * 3)  Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol  after the name of the note).
 * 4)  Higher in pitch than required.
 * 5)  Having a strong acrid or acidic taste.
 * 6) Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.
 * 7)  Illegal or dishonest.
 * 8)  Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest.
 * 9) Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
 * 10) Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
 * 11)  Stylish, smart or attractive.
 * 12) Observant; alert; acute.
 * 13) Quick and alert.
 * 14) Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute.
 * 15) Forming a small or tight angle;  forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
 * 16) Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
 * 17)  Said of as extreme a value as possible.
 * 18)  Tactical; risky.
 * 19) Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
 * 20) Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
 * 21)  Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
 * 22) Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
 * 23)  Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
 * 24)  Hungry.
 * 1) Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
 * 2) Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
 * 3)  Stylish, smart or attractive.
 * 4) Observant; alert; acute.
 * 5) Quick and alert.
 * 6) Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute.
 * 7) Forming a small or tight angle;  forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
 * 8) Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
 * 9)  Said of as extreme a value as possible.
 * 10)  Tactical; risky.
 * 11) Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
 * 12) Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
 * 13)  Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
 * 14) Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
 * 15)  Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
 * 16)  Hungry.
 * 1) Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute.
 * 2) Forming a small or tight angle;  forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
 * 3) Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
 * 4)  Said of as extreme a value as possible.
 * 5)  Tactical; risky.
 * 6) Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
 * 7) Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
 * 8)  Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
 * 9) Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
 * 10)  Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
 * 11)  Hungry.
 * 1) Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
 * 2) Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
 * 3)  Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
 * 4) Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
 * 5)  Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
 * 6)  Hungry.
 * 1) Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
 * 2)  Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
 * 3) Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
 * 4)  Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
 * 5)  Hungry.
 * 1) Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
 * 2)  Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
 * 3)  Hungry.
 * 1)  Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
 * 2)  Hungry.

Translations

 * Acehnese: tajam
 * Aklanon: talum
 * American Sign Language: Open8@BackHand-PalmDown-FlatB@CenterChesthigh-PalmDown Open8@NearBackHand-PalmDown
 * Arabic: حَادّ
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: tãljos
 * Assamese: ধাৰ, চোকা
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: үткер
 * Basque: zorrotz
 * Bau Bidayuh: biroja'
 * Bavarian: scharf
 * Belarusian:
 * Bengali:
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan: esmolat,
 * Chechen: ира
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Erzya: пшти
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: terav
 * Even: эмэр
 * Evenki: эмэр
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , , , , ,
 * Friulian: učât, spuntît, spiçât
 * Georgian: მახვილი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὀξύς
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Higaonon: magalang
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Ilocano: natadem
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingush: ира
 * Iranun: matarem
 * Irish: géar, aichear, faobhrach
 * Italian: ,
 * Ivatan: madanutuk
 * Japanese:, , 犀利
 * Javanese:
 * Kabuverdianu: afiadu, afióde
 * Kapampangan: mataram
 * Kashubian: òstri
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Krio: shap
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Ladino: agudo, aguzado
 * Latgalian: oss
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian:, asa
 * Lithuanian: aštrus
 * Lombard:, güss
 * Macedonian: остар
 * Maguindanao: magarang
 * Malay:
 * Manchu: ᡩᠠᠴᡠᠩᡤᠠ
 * Mansaka: tarum
 * Maori:, kikoha, ratarata, pīrata
 * Maranao: magarang
 * Moksha: оржа
 * Mongolian: ,
 * Classical Mongolian: ᠬᠤ‍ᠷ‍ᠴ‍ᠠ
 * Navajo: deení
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan: agusat,
 * Old Anatolian Turkish: ایتی
 * Old English:
 * Old Javanese: tajĕm
 * Oscan: 𐌀𐌊𐌓𐌉
 * Ossetian: цыргъ
 * Ottoman Turkish: كسكین, ایتی
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: schoap
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Rapa Nui: ka'i
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: geur, biorach, searbh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: о̀шта̄р
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: ostrý
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: wótšy
 * Upper Sorbian: wótry
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Sranan Tongo: srapu
 * Sundanese: seukeut
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: matalim
 * Talysh: tij
 * Tamil:
 * Tat: tij
 * Telugu: పదునైన
 * Tetum: kroat
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:, (Southern dialect)
 * Walloon: côpant,
 * Welsh:
 * Western Bukidnon Manobo: garang
 * White Hmong: ntse
 * Yakut: сытыы
 * Yiddish: שאַרף
 * Zealandic: scherp
 * ǃXóõ: ǃqáũ


 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: চোকা
 * Bashkir: аҡыллы, зирәк, башлы
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: saĝa,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: scharfsinning
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Irish: géar, géarchúiseach
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 예리한,
 * Latin: sagāx
 * Macedonian: остроу́мен, бистар
 * Maori: ngutu atamai, atamai, kokoi
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: matalas
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian:
 * White Hmong: ntse
 * Yiddish: שאַרף
 * ǃXóõ: ǃqáũ


 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: sumigos
 * Bengali:
 * Bikol Central: mapanas
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: terav
 * Faroese: spískur
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Ilocano: dakap
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: géar, biorach
 * Italian:
 * Kabuverdianu: afiadu, afióde
 * Khmer:
 * Latvian:, asa
 * Macedonian: остар
 * Maori: kikoha, aneane, areare
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Ottoman Turkish: سیوری
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Rapa Nui: ka'i
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: rinn-gheur, biorach, guineach
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: wótšy
 * Upper Sorbian: wótry
 * Spanish:
 * Sundanese: seukeut
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: matulis
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:
 * White Hmong: ntse
 * Yiddish: שאַרף


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: s křížkem,
 * Dutch: -kruis
 * Esperanto: diesa
 * Estonian: -diees
 * Faroese: -is
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: -is
 * Hebrew: דִּיאֶז
 * Hungarian: -isz
 * Irish: géar
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: piki
 * Norwegian: -iss
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: -дие́з
 * Scottish Gaelic: geur
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: -iss
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: діє́з


 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: liiga kõrge
 * Finnish:
 * French: trop haut, trop aigu
 * German:
 * Irish: géar
 * Latvian:, asa
 * Macedonian: висок
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: terav
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Irish: géar, searbh
 * Italian: ,
 * Latvian:, asa
 * Macedonian: остар
 * Maori: kakati
 * Ottoman Turkish: كسكین
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: geur, searbh
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: wótšy
 * Upper Sorbian: wótry
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ,


 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: intensa
 * Estonian: terav
 * Finnish:, vihlova
 * French:, , ,
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian: ,
 * Latvian:, asa
 * Macedonian: остар
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: ,


 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * Irish: grinn, glinn, glé, gléineach
 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: точен
 * Maori: ngangahu
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: deas
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: terav
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , , ,
 * Irish: géar, faobhrach, domlasta
 * Italian:
 * Latvian:, asa
 * Macedonian: остар
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgaiteach
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Faroese: smartur
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Irish: snasta, galánta
 * Portuguese: estiloso


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Estonian: terane
 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 犀利
 * Maori: tore
 * Plautdietsch: schneiw
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: geur
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * French: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: géar
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: остар
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Catalan: (2),  (3),  (4)
 * Georgian:, ,
 * Irish:, ,
 * Romanian: (2, 3),  (4)
 * Spanish: (2),  (3),  (4)
 * Telugu: (2),  (3),  (8),  (10)

Adverb

 * 1) In a sharp manner:
 * 2) To a point or edge.
 * 3) Piercingly.
 * 4) Eagerly.
 * 5) So as to make a sharp, or tight, angle.
 * South of the city the river turns sharp to the east.
 * sharp left, sharp right
 * 1)  Exactly.
 * 2)  In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.
 * 3) * 1867, Dutton Cook, Hobson's Choice, Chapter 8, “Music Hath Charms”, p. 72
 * 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.
 * 1)  In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.
 * 2) * 1867, Dutton Cook, Hobson's Choice, Chapter 8, “Music Hath Charms”, p. 72
 * 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.
 * 1) * 1867, Dutton Cook, Hobson's Choice, Chapter 8, “Music Hath Charms”, p. 72
 * 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.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:exactly

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Estonian: täpselt
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Portuguese: em ponto
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: en punto,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Estonian: liiga kõrgelt
 * Finnish:
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1)  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 one chromatic semitone higher.
 * 2)  A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
 * 3)  A note that is sharp in a particular key.
 * 4)  The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
 * 5)   Something that is sharp.
 * 6)  A hypodermic syringe.
 * 7)  A scalpel or other edged instrument used in surgery.
 * 8)  A sharp object; any item pointed enough to injure human skin.
 * 9) A dishonest person; a cheater.
 * This usage is often classified as variant spelling of shark, and unrelated to the 'pointed' or 'cutting' meanings of sharp.
 * 1) Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
 * 2) A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
 * 3)  Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
 * 4)  An expert.
 * 5) A sharpie member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s.
 * This usage is often classified as variant spelling of shark, and unrelated to the 'pointed' or 'cutting' meanings of sharp.
 * 1) Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
 * 2) A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
 * 3)  Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
 * 4)  An expert.
 * 5) A sharpie member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s.
 * 1)  Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
 * 2)  An expert.
 * 3) A sharpie member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s.
 * 1) A sharpie member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: dieso
 * Estonian: diees
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: géar
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: piki
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: sustinido, sostenido
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: діє́з


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ylennetty nuotti
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Irish: géar
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 올림표, 샵,
 * Maori: piki
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: sustinido, sostenido
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: діє́з


 * Finnish: teräesine
 * Irish: géar
 * Portuguese:


 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian: шахра́й


 * Georgian: დიეზი
 * German:

Verb

 * 1)  To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
 * 2) To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
 * 3)  To sharpen.
 * 1)  To sharpen.
 * 1)  To sharpen.

Translations

 * French:
 * Italian: ,