sharp-edged

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• sharp-edged — index acute Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• sharp-edged — /shahrp ejd /, adj. 1. having a fine edge or edges. 2. acute and caustic: a sharp edged wit. [bef. 1000; OE scearpecgede (not recorded in ME); see SHARP, EDGE, ED3] * * * …   Universalium

• sharp-edged — /shahrp ejd /, adj. 1. having a fine edge or edges. 2. acute and caustic: a sharp edged wit. [bef. 1000; OE scearpecgede (not recorded in ME); see SHARP, EDGE, ED3] …   Useful english dictionary

• sharp-edged — /ˈʃap ɛdʒd/ (say shahp ejd) adjective having a sharp edge or edges …  

• sharp-edged — with rough penetrating ends …   English contemporary dictionary

• sharp — [adj1] knifelike, cutting aciculate, acuate, acuminate, acuminous, acute, apical, barbed, briery, cuspate, cuspidate, edged, fine, ground fine, honed, horned, jagged, keen, keen edged, knife edged, needlelike, needle pointed, peaked, pointed,… …   New thesaurus

• Sharp — Sharp, a. [Compar. {Sharper}; superl. {Sharpest}.] [OE. sharp, scharp, scarp, AS. scearp; akin to OS. skarp, LG. scharp, D. scherp, G. scharf, Dan. & Sw. skarp, Icel. skarpr. Cf. {Escarp}, {Scrape}, {Scorpion}.] 1. Having a very thin edge or fine …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sharp practice — Sharp Sharp, a. [Compar. {Sharper}; superl. {Sharpest}.] [OE. sharp, scharp, scarp, AS. scearp; akin to OS. skarp, LG. scharp, D. scherp, G. scharf, Dan. & Sw. skarp, Icel. skarpr. Cf. {Escarp}, {Scrape}, {Scorpion}.] 1. Having a very thin edge… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• sharp — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. cutting (see sharpness); distinct, well defined; abrupt, angular; pungent, penetrating; acute, keen; alert, smart, quick; elegant, smart. See visibility, pungency, wit, elegance. Ant., dull. n.… …   English dictionary for students

• sharp — adj 1. thin edged, razor edged, knife like; keen, acute, pointed, needle sharp, edged, cutting, thin; sharp as a bayonet, sharp as a butcher knife. 2. pointed, toothed, dentiform, barbed, cusped, cuspidate, cuspidal; peaked, Bot. apiculate, Bot …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• -edged — [[t] eʤd[/t]] COMB in ADJ GRADED edged combines with words such as sharp , raw , and dark to form adjectives which indicate that something such as a play or a piece of writing is very powerful or critical. [JOURNALISM] → See also , edged, hard… …   English dictionary