inglés > español | |
sharp | |
1. adj. Afilado. | |
2. adj. Puntiagudo. | |
3. adj. Nítido. | |
inglés > inglés | |
sharp | |
1. adj. Able to cut easily. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
I keep my knives sharp so that they don't slip unexpectedly while carving. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
2. adj. (colloquial) Intelligent. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
My nephew is a sharp lad; he can count to 100 in six languages, and he's only five years old. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
3. adj. Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Ernest made the pencil too sharp and accidentally stabbed himself with it. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
a sharp hill; a face with sharp features | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
4. adj. (music) Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note). | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
5. adj. (music) Higher in pitch than required. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
The orchestra's third violin several times was sharp about an eighth of a tone. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
6. adj. Having an intense, acrid flavour. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Milly couldn't stand sharp cheeses when she was pregnant, because they made her nauseated. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
7. adj. Sudden and intense. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
A pregnant woman during labor normally experiences a number of sharp contractions. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
8. adj. (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Michael had a number of sharp ventures that he kept off the books. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
9. adj. (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
a sharp dealer; a sharp customer | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
10. adj. Exact, precise, accurate; keen. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
You'll need sharp aim to make that shot. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
11. adj. Offensive, critical, or acrimonious. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
sharp criticism; When the two rivals met, first there were sharp words, and then a fight broke out. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
12. adj. (colloquial) Stylish or attractive. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
You look so sharp in that tuxedo! | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
13. adj. Observant; alert; acute. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Keep a sharp watch on the prisoners. I don't want them to escape! | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
14. adj. Forming a small angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Drive down Main for three quarters of a mile, then make a sharp right turn onto Pine. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
15. adj. Steep; precipitous; abrupt. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
16. adj. (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Sure, any planar graph can be five-colored. But that result is not sharp: in fact, any planar graph can be four-colored. That is sharp: the same can't be said for any lower number. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
17. adj. (chess) Tactical; risky. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
18. adj. Piercing; keen; severe; painful. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
a sharp pain; the sharp and frosty winter air | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
19. adj. Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
a sharp appetite | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
20. adj. (obsolete) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
21. adj. Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
22. adj. (phonetics, dated) Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
23. adv. To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
24. adv. (notcomp) Exactly. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
I'll see you at twelve o'clock sharp. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
25. adv. (music) In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
I didn't enjoy the concert much because the tenor kept going sharp on the high notes. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
26. s. (music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played a semitone higher. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F♯ (F sharp). | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Transposition frequently is harder to read because of all the sharps and flats on the staff. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
27. s. (music) A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
28. s. (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
29. s. (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is written in C♯ minor (C sharp minor.) | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
30. s. (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Place sharps in the specially marked red container for safe disposal. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
31. s. A sharp tool or weapon. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
32. s. (medicine) A hypodermic syringe. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
33. s. (medicine, dated) A scalpel or other edged instrument used in surgery. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
34. s. A dishonest person; a cheater. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
The casino kept in the break room a set of pictures of known sharps for the bouncers to see. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
This usage is often classified as variant spelling of shark, and unrelated to the 'pointed' or 'cutting' meanings of sharp. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
35. s. Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
36. s. A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
37. s. (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
38. s. (slang) An expert. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
39. s. A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s). | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
40. v. (music) To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
That new musician must be tone deaf: he sharped half the notes of the song! | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
41. v. To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
español > inglés | |
agudo | |
1. adj. sharp, pointed, acute (terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily) | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
El cuchillo tenía la punta muy aguda. - The knife had a very sharp point. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
2. adj. acute, sharp, witty, keen (intelligent) | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
¡Siempre tiene dichos tan agudos! - He's always making such witty remarks! | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
3. adj. (of pain) sharp, stabbing, acute, severe | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
4. adj. (pathology) acute (sudden and intense) | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
5. adj. acute, sharp (sensitive) | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
visión aguda - sharp eyesight | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
6. adj. (sound) high, high-pitched, shrill, sharp, piercing | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
(antonym, grave) | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
7. adj. (geometry) acute | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
8. adj. (phonetics) having the voiced accent on the last syllable | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
9. adj. (geometry, of an angle) acute (less than 90 degrees) | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Las calles forman un ángulo agudo. - The two streets form an acute angle. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |