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  • English Word Sharp-set Definition Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an eagle or a lion sharp-set.
  • English Word Sharp-sighted Definition Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and figuratively.
  • English Word Sharp-witted Definition Having an acute or nicely discerning mind.
  • English Word Sharped Definition of Sharp
  • English Word Sharpen Definition To make sharp.
  • English Word Sharpen Definition To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw.
  • English Word Sharpen Definition To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious.
  • English Word Sharpen Definition To make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires.
  • English Word Sharpen Definition To make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease.
  • English Word Sharpen Definition To make biting, sarcastic, or severe.
  • English Word Sharpen Definition To render more shrill or piercing.
  • English Word Sharpen Definition To make more tart or acid; to make sour; as, the rays of the sun sharpen vinegar.
  • English Word Sharpen Definition To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to.
  • English Word Sharpen Definition To grow or become sharp.
  • English Word Sharpening Definition of Sharpen
  • English Word Sharper Definition A person who bargains closely, especially, one who cheats in bargains; a swinder; also, a cheating gamester.
  • English Word Sharpie Definition A long, sharp, flat-bottomed boat, with one or two masts carrying a triangular sail. They are often called Fair Haven sharpies, after the place on the coast of Connecticut where they originated.
  • English Word Sharping Definition of Sharp
  • English Word Sharpling Definition A stickleback.
  • English Word Sharply Definition In a sharp manner,; keenly; acutely.
  • English Word Sharpness Definition The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness.
  • English Word Sharpsaw Definition The great titmouse; -- so called from its harsh call notes.
  • English Word Sharpshooter Definition One skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; a good marksman.
  • English Word Sharpshooting Definition A shooting with great precision and effect; hence, a keen contest of wit or argument.
  • English Word Sharptail Definition The pintail duck.
  • English Word Sharptail Definition The pintail grouse, or prairie chicken.
  • English Word Shash Definition The scarf of a turban.
  • English Word Shash Definition A sash.
  • English Word Shaster Definition Alt. of Shastra
  • English Word Shastra Definition A treatise for authoritative instruction among the Hindoos; a book of institutes; especially, a treatise explaining the Vedas.