LekhoriLekhoriTerminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
I keep my knives sharp so that they don't slip unexpectedly while carving.
Intelligent.
My nephew is a sharp lad; he can count to 100 in six languages, and he's only five years old.
Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
In a sharp manner: a less usual alternative to sharply in certain senses.
Exactly.
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.
The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F♯ (F sharp).
To 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!
A surname.
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From Middle English scharp, from Old English sċearp, from Proto-West Germanic *skarp, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb-, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with West Fris...
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I'll see you at twelve o'clock sharp.
In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.
I didn't enjoy the concert much because the soprano sang sharp on all the high notes.
A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
he made a shift yet to pick up a Sorry Living upon the Rook ; and not by Sharping alone , but now and then by downright Stealing
To sharpen.