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Definition of sharp

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Sharp (superl.) Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash..

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Acidity :: Acidity (n.) The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste; as, the acidity of lemon juice..

Acuminate :: Acuminate (v. i.) To end in, or come to, a sharp point..

Bottomed :: Bottomed (a.) Having at the bottom, or as a bottom; resting upon a bottom; grounded; -- mostly, in composition; as, sharp-bottomed; well-bottomed..

Sheathe :: Sheathe (v. t.) To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles..

Tunk :: Tunk (n.) A sharp blow; a thump.

Smacking :: Smacking (a.) Making a sharp, brisk sound; hence, brisk; as, a smacking breeze..

Thistly :: Thistly (a.) Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking.

Pick :: Pick (n.) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.

Knife :: Knife (n.) An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names for different uses; as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc...

Grind :: Grind (n.) The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction..

Hemiptera :: Hemiptera (n. pl.) An order of hexapod insects having a jointed proboscis, including four sharp stylets (mandibles and maxillae), for piercing. In many of the species (Heteroptera) the front wings are partially coriaceous, and different from the others..

Incise :: Incise (v. t.) To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.

Dry :: Dry (superl.) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring..

Saw :: Saw (n.) An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing..

Acrimony :: Acrimony (n.) A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants..

Clink :: Clink (v. i.) To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound..

Eraser :: Eraser (n.) One who, or that which, erases; esp., a sharp instrument or a piece of rubber used to erase writings, drawings, etc..

Falcula :: Falcula (n.) A curved and sharp-pointed claw.

Prick :: Prick (n.) To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; -- said especially of the ears of an animal, as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up; -- hence, to prick up the ears, to listen sharply; to have the attention and interest strongly engaged..

Spine :: Spine (n.) A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal.