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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.