sharp

Definition

  • noun: a musical note that is one semitone higher than a specified note
  • noun: one that is sharp
  • verb: to raise (as a musical tone) in pitch
  • adjective: having a thin edge that is able to cut things or a fine point that is able to make a hole in things
  • adjective: adapted to cutting or piercing
  • used of an interval in music
  • synonyms: acrid, tart, piercing

Examples

  • a 'sharp' image/picture/photograph [=an image/picture/photograph in which the small details can be clearly seen]

  • a 'sharp' break from tradition [=a sudden change from the traditional way of doing things]

  • A 'sharp-eyed' [='perceptive'] reader will notice the book's repeating themes.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Then we are here on common purpose... ...friend. The shards of Narsil. The blade that cut the Ring from Sauron's hand. It's still sharp. But no more than a broken heirloom. Why do you fear the past? You are Isildur's heir,not Isildur himself. You are not bound to his fate. (..)
    2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring