sharp

Signification

Adj

1. Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
2. (colloquial) Intelligent.
3. Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
4. Higher in pitch than required.
5. Having a strong acrid or acidic taste.
6. Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.
7. (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
8. (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest.
9. Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
10. Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
11. (colloquial) Stylish, smart or attractive.
12. Observant; alert; acute.
13. Quick and alert.
14. Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute.
15. Forming a small or tight angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
16. Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
17. Said of as extreme a value as possible.
18. Tactical; risky.
19. Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
20. Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
21. (obsolete) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
22. Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
23. Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
24. (obsolete) Hungry.

Adv

1. In a sharp manner: a less usual alternative to sharply in certain senses.
2. In a sharp manner: a less usual alternative to sharply in certain senses.
3. In a sharp manner: a less usual alternative to sharply in certain senses.
4. In a sharp manner: a less usual alternative to sharply in certain senses.
5. Exactly.
6. In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.

Noun

1. 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.
2. A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
3. A note that is sharp in a particular key.
4. The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
5. Something that is sharp.
6. Something that is sharp.
7. Something that is sharp.
8. Something that is sharp.
9. A dishonest person; a cheater.
10. Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
11. A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
12. Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
13. (slang) An expert.
14. A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
15. Alternative form of sharpie (“type of fishing boat”)

Verb

1. To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
2. To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
3. (obsolete) To sharpen.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ʃɑːp/

Étymologie

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.