sharp
Significat
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- Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
- (colloquial) Intelligent.
- Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
- Higher in pitch than required.
- Having a strong acrid or acidic taste.
- Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.
- (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
- (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest.
- Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
- Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
- (colloquial) Stylish, smart or attractive.
- Observant; alert; acute.
- Quick and alert.
- Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute.
- Forming a small or tight angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
- Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
- Said of as extreme a value as possible.
- Tactical; risky.
- Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
- Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
- (obsolete) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
- Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
- Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
- (obsolete) Hungry.
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ʃɑːp/
Etimologia
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 Frisian skerp, Low German scharp, Dutch scherp, German scharf, Danish skarp. Compare Irish cearb (“keen; cutting”), Latin acerbus (“tart, bitter”), Tocharian B kärpye (“rough”), Latvian skârbs (“sharp, rough”), Russian щерба (ščerba, “notch”), Polish szczerba (“gap, dent, jag, chip, nick, notch”), Albanian harb (“rudeness”). More at shear.
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