Definitions
1.nounThe 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."The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F♯ (F sharp)."
2.nounA note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
3.nounA note that is sharp in a particular key."The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps."
4.nounThe scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic."Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is written in C♯ minor (C sharp minor.)"
5.noun(usually in the plural) Something that is sharp."Place sharps in the specially marked red container for safe disposal."
6.nounA dishonest person; a cheater."The casino kept in the break room a set of pictures of known sharps for the bouncers to see."
7.nounPart of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
8.nounA sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
9.noun(in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
10.nounAn expert.
11.nounA sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
12.verbTo raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp."That new musician must be tone deaf: he sharped half the notes of the song!"
13.verbTo play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
14.verbTo sharpen.
15.adjectiveTerminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily; not obtuse or rounded."A face with sharp features"
16.adjectiveIntelligent."My nephew is a sharp lad; he can count to 100 in six languages, and he's only five years old."
17.adjectiveHigher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
18.adjectiveHigher in pitch than required."The orchestra's third violin several times was sharp about an eighth of a tone."
19.adjectiveHaving an intense, acrid flavour."Milly couldn't stand sharp cheeses when she was pregnant, because they made her nauseated."
20.adjectiveSudden and intense."A pregnant woman during labor normally experiences a number of sharp contractions."
21.adjectiveIllegal or dishonest."Michael had a number of sharp ventures that he kept off the books."
22.adjectiveKeenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd."a sharp dealer; a sharp customer"
23.adjectiveExact, precise, accurate; keen."You'll need sharp aim to make that shot."
24.adjectiveOffensive, critical, or acrimonious."When the two rivals met, first there were sharp words, and then a fight broke out."
25.adjectiveStylish or attractive."You look so sharp in that tuxedo!"
26.adjectiveObservant; alert; acute."Keep a sharp watch on the prisoners. I don't want them to escape!"
27.adjectiveForming a small angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees."Drive down Main for three quarters of a mile, then make a sharp right turn onto Pine."
28.adjectiveSteep; precipitous; abrupt."a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve"
29.adjective(of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible."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."
30.adjectiveTactical; risky.
31.adjectivePiercing; keen; severe; painful."a sharp pain; the sharp and frosty winter air"
32.adjectiveEager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification."a sharp appetite"
33.adjectiveFierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
34.adjectiveComposed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
35.adjectiveUttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
36.adjectiveHungry.
37.adverbTo a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
38.adverb(notcomp) Exactly."I'll see you at twelve o'clock sharp."
39.adverbIn a higher pitch than is correct or desirable."I didn't enjoy the concert much because the tenor kept going sharp on the high notes."