Hyphenation of sharp
How to hyphenate sharp
Because it is a word with a single syllable, sharp is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
- Syllables Count
- 1
- Characters Count
- 5
- Alpha-numeric Characters Count
- 5
- Hyphens Count
- 0
Definitions of sharp
sharp is defined as:
Definition 1 as noun
- nounThe 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.
Example: The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F♯ (F sharp).
- nounA note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
- nounA note that is sharp in a particular key.
Example: The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps.
- nounThe scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
Example: Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is written in C♯ minor (C sharp minor.)
- noun(usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
Example: Place sharps in the specially marked red container for safe disposal.
- nounA dishonest person; a cheater.
Example: The casino kept in the break room a set of pictures of known sharps for the bouncers to see.
- nounPart of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
- nounA sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
- noun(in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
- nounAn expert.
- nounA sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
Definition 1 as verb
- verbTo raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
Example: That new musician must be tone deaf: he sharped half the notes of the song!
- verbTo play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
- verbTo sharpen.
Definition 1 as adjective
- adjectiveTerminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily; not obtuse or rounded.
Example: A face with sharp features
- adjectiveIntelligent.
Example: My nephew is a sharp lad; he can count to 100 in six languages, and he's only five years old.
- adjectiveHigher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
- adjectiveHigher in pitch than required.
Example: The orchestra's third violin several times was sharp about an eighth of a tone.
- adjectiveHaving an intense, acrid flavour.
Example: Milly couldn't stand sharp cheeses when she was pregnant, because they made her nauseated.
- adjectiveSudden and intense.
Example: A pregnant woman during labor normally experiences a number of sharp contractions.
- adjectiveIllegal or dishonest.
Example: Michael had a number of sharp ventures that he kept off the books.
- adjectiveKeenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd.
Example: a sharp dealer; a sharp customer
- adjectiveExact, precise, accurate; keen.
Example: You'll need sharp aim to make that shot.
- adjectiveOffensive, critical, or acrimonious.
Example: When the two rivals met, first there were sharp words, and then a fight broke out.
- adjectiveStylish or attractive.
Example: You look so sharp in that tuxedo!
- adjectiveObservant; alert; acute.
Example: Keep a sharp watch on the prisoners. I don't want them to escape!
- adjectiveForming a small angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
Example: Drive down Main for three quarters of a mile, then make a sharp right turn onto Pine.
- adjectiveSteep; precipitous; abrupt.
Example: a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve
- adjective(of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
Example: 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.
- adjectiveTactical; risky.
- adjectivePiercing; keen; severe; painful.
Example: a sharp pain; the sharp and frosty winter air
- adjectiveEager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
Example: a sharp appetite
- adjectiveFierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
- adjectiveComposed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
- adjectiveUttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
- adjectiveHungry.
Definition 1 as adverb
- adverbTo a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
- adverb(notcomp) Exactly.
Example: I'll see you at twelve o'clock sharp.
- adverbIn a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.
Example: I didn't enjoy the concert much because the tenor kept going sharp on the high notes.
Words nearby sharp
- sharksucker
- sharky
- sharn
- sharnbud
- sharnbug
- sharns
- sharny
- sharon
- (sharp)
- sharp-angled
- sharp-ankled
- sharp-back
- sharp-backed
- sharp-beaked
- sharp-bellied
- sharp-billed
- sharp-biting
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Hyphenation is the process of splitting words into syllables and inserting hyphens between them to facilitate the reading of a text. It is also used to divide words when the word cannot fit on a line.
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