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sharp

/ʃɑɹp/ adjectif B1

En français : affilé, coupant, affuté, tranchant

  1. Terminating 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.· Ernest made the pencil too sharp and accidentally stabbed himself with it.
  2. Intelligent. (colloquial) · My nephew is a sharp lad; he can count to 100 in six languages, and he's only five years old.
  3. Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ⟨♯⟩ after the name of the note).
  4. Higher in pitch than required. · The orchestra's third violin several times was sharp about an eighth of a tone.
  5. Having a strong acrid or acidic taste. · Milly couldn't stand sharp cheeses when she was pregnant, because they made her nauseated.· This grapefruit is especially sharp.
  6. Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid. · A pregnant woman during labor normally experiences a number of sharp contractions.· The man turned and made a sharp movement towards the door.
  7. Illegal or dishonest. (colloquial) · Michael had a number of sharp ventures that he kept off the books.
  8. Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest. (colloquial) · a sharp dealer, a sharp customer, sharp practice

Comparatif sharper · Superlatif sharpest

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Dans la bibliothèque

They have a sharp, shrewish look, which I do not like at all; and in her air altogether, there is a self-sufficiency without fashion, which is intolerable.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 305 · B2
And then she called a dozen of her slaves, who were the Winkies, and gave them sharp spears, telling them to go to the strangers and destroy them.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 81 · B2
There now came a sharp whistling in the air from the south, and as they turned their eyes that way they saw ripples in the grass coming from that direction also.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 3 · B2
With one blow of his paw he sent the Scarecrow spinning over and over to the edge of the road, and then he struck at the Tin Woodman with his sharp claws.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 32 · B2

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