sharp instrument (noun)

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• instrument — noun 1 tool for a particular task ADJECTIVE ▪ precision, sensitive ▪ sophisticated ▪ reliable ▪ crude ▪ blunt …   Collocations dictionary

• instrument — noun 1) a wound made with a sharp instrument Syn: implement, tool, utensil; device, apparatus, contrivance, gadget See note at tool 2) check all the cockpit instruments Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

• instrument — noun 1) a wound made with a sharp instrument Syn: implement, tool, utensil, device, apparatus, gadget 2) cockpit instruments Syn: gauge, meter, indicator, dial, display …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• blunt instrument — noun a heavy object without a sharp edge or point, used as a weapon. ↘an imprecise or heavy handed way of doing something …   English new terms dictionary

• fleam — noun a) A sharp instrument used to open a vein for bleeding (Usually for bleeding horses). b) A lancet …   Wiktionary

• lance — noun 1》 a long weapon with a wooden shaft and a pointed steel head, formerly used by a horseman in charging. 2》 a similar weapon used in hunting fish or whales. 3》 a metal pipe supplying a jet of oxygen to a furnace or to make a very hot flame… …   English new terms dictionary

• razor — noun (C) 1 a sharp instrument used for removing hair, especially from a man s face: an electric razor 2 be on a razor edge to be in a dangerous position where a mistake could be very dangerous: Politically we are on a razor edge. Whatever… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• cut — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. incise, carve, dissect, slice, shave, trim, shape; separate, divide, split, sever; abridge, shorten, diminish, reduce, curtail; hurt, sting, wound, snub, ignore; reap, gather. See disjunction,… …   English dictionary for students

• chop — I. verb (chopped; chopping) Etymology: Middle English chappen, choppen more at chap Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to cut into or sever usually by repeated blows of a sharp instrument b. to cut into pieces often used with up …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• shear — I. verb (sheared; sheared or shorn; shearing) Etymology: Middle English sheren, from Old English scieran; akin to Old Norse skera to cut, Latin curtus mutilated, curtailed, Greek keirein to cut, shear, Sanskrit kṛnāti he injures Date: before 12th …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• scrape — [c]/skreɪp / (say skrayp) verb (scraped, scraping) –verb (t) 1. to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface. 2. to remove (an outer… …