Sharp
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) The character [/] used to indicate that the note before which it is placed is to be raised a half step, or semitone, in pitch.
(2): ( n.) A sewing needle having a very slender point; a needle of the most pointed of the three grades, blunts, betweens, and sharps.
(3): ( n.) A portion of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
(4): ( n.) An expert.
(5): ( n.) Same as Middlings, 1.
(6): ( n.) A sharp tool or weapon.
(7): ( v. t.) To raise above the proper pitch; to elevate the tone of; especially, to raise a half step, or semitone, above the natural tone.
(8): ( adv.) To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
(9): ( superl.) Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone, without voice, as certain consonants, such as p, k, t, f; surd; nonvocal; aspirated.
(10): ( n.) A sharp tone or note.
(11): ( v. t.) To sharpen.
(12): ( superl.) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interest; close and exact in dealing; shrewd; as, a sharp dealer; a sharp customer.
(13): ( superl.) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
(14): ( superl.) Eager in pursuit; keen in quest; impatient for gratification; keen; as, a sharp appetite.
(15): ( superl.) Of keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish; having nice discrimination; acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp sight, hearing, or judgment.
(16): ( superl.) Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke.
(17): ( superl.) Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air.
(18): ( superl.) So high as to be out of tune, or above true pitch; as, the tone is sharp; that instrument is sharp. Opposed in all these senses to flat.
(19): ( superl.) Raised a semitone in pitch; as, C sharp (C/), which is a half step, or semitone, higher than C.
(20): ( superl.) High in pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone.
(21): ( superl.) Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash.
(22): ( superl.) Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded; somewhat pointed or edged; peaked or ridged; as, a sharp hill; sharp features.
(23): ( superl.) Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.
(24): ( v. i.) To sing above the proper pitch.
(25): ( superl.) Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve.
(26): ( superl.) Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty; as, sharp sand.
(27): ( adv.) Precisely; exactly; as, we shall start at ten o'clock sharp.
(28): ( v. i.) To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
King James Dictionary [2]
Sh'Arp, a.
1. Having a very thin edge or a fine point keen acute not blunt. Thus we may say, a sharp knife, or a sharp needle. A sharp edge easily severs a substance a sharp point is easily made to penetrate,it. 2. Terminating in a point or edge not obtuse as, a hills terminates in a sharp peak, or a sharp ridge. 3. Forming an acute or too small angle at the ridge as a sharp roof. 4. Acute of mind quick to discern or distinguish penetrating ready at invention witty ingenious.
Nothing makes men sharper than want. Addison.
Many other things belong to the material world, wherein the sharpest philosophers have not yet obtained clear ideas. Watts.
5. Being of quick or nice perception applied to the senses or organs of perception as a sharp eye sharp sight. 6. Affecting the organs of taste like fine points piercing penetrating shrill as sharp vinegar sharp tasted citrons. 7. Affecting the organs of hearing like sharp points poercing penetrating shrill as a sharp sound or voice a sharp not or tone opposed to a flat note or sound. 8. Severe harsh biting sarcastic as sharp words sharp rebuke.
-Be thy words severe,
