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/ʃɑːp/ · adjective
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.
a face with sharp features
Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
If a knife which is sharp is incorrectly used it will obviously be dangerous.
Fifteen children reported handling curvos, five machetes, and one a sharp knife used to cut yellow leaves off the banana plants.
Yet, review of 25 years of English language literature on the subject of sharp force injury adds remarkably little to this topic. Sharp force covers a vast array of injuries produced with sharp objects capable of cutting or stabbing or both.
My nephew is a sharp lad; he can count to 100 in six languages, and he's only five years old.
Use sharp when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sharp means Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded..
Common synonyms include keen, razor, razor-sharp, brainy.
Possible antonyms include blunt, dull, dim, dim-witted.
I keep my knives sharp so that they don't slip unexpectedly while carving.
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