Sharp and Simple

sharp

(v.t.) To raise above the proper pitch; to elevate the tone of; especially, to raise a half step or semitone, above the natural tone.
(superl.) Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve.
(v.t.) To sharpen.
(superl.) Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke.
(n.) A sharp tone or note.
(superl.) So high as to be out of tune or above true pitch; as, the tone is sharp; that instrument is sharp. Opposed in all these senses to flat.
(n.) A sharp tool or weapon.
(n.) The character [/] used to indicate that the note before which it is placed is to be raised a half step or semitone, in pitch.
(superl.) Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty; as, sharp sand.
(superl.) Eager in pursuit; keen in quest; impatient for gratification; keen; as, a sharp appetite.
(adv.) To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
(superl.) Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air.
(superl.) High in pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone.
(n.) Same as Middlings, 1.
(superl.) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
(superl.) Raised a semitone in pitch; as, C sharp (C/), which is a half step or semitone, higher than C.
(superl.) Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.
(superl.) Of keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish; having nice discrimination; acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp sight, hearing or judgment.
(superl.) Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded; somewhat pointed or edged; peaked or ridged; as, a sharp hill; sharp features.
(v.i.) To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
(superl.) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interest; close and exact in dealing; shrewd; as, a sharp dealer; a sharp customer.
(v.i.) To sing above the proper pitch.
(adv.) Precisely; exactly; as, we shall start at ten o'clock sharp.
(n.) An expert.
(superl.) Uttered in a whisper or with the breath alone, without voice, as certain consonants, such as p, k, t, f; surd; nonvocal; aspirated.
(n.) A sewing needle having a very slender point; a needle of the most pointed of the three grades, blunts, betweens, and sharps.
(n.) A portion of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
(superl.) Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

noun

A musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named.
A long thin sewing needle with a sharp point.

adjective

Of something seen or heard. ( clearly defined)
- usage: "a sharp photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot"
- synonyms: crisp
Ending in a sharp point.
- synonyms: acuate, acute, needlelike
Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions.
- usage: "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"
- synonyms: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing
Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence.
- usage: "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"
- synonyms: astute, shrewd
Harsh.
- usage: "sharp criticism"; "a sharp-worded exchange"; "a tart remark"
- synonyms: sharp-worded, tart
Having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones .
- usage: "a shrill whistle"; "a shrill gaiety"
- synonyms: shrill
Extremely steep.
- usage: "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"
- synonyms: abrupt, precipitous
Keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point.
- usage: "a sharp pain"; "sharp winds"
Having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing.
- usage: "a sharp knife"; "a pencil with a sharp point"
Of a musical note. ( raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone)
- usage: "C sharp"
Very sudden and in great amount or degree.
- usage: "a sharp drop in the stock market"
Quick and forceful.
- usage: "a sharp blow"

adverb

Changing suddenly in direction and degree.
- usage: "the road twists sharply after the light"; "turn sharp left here"; "the visor was acutely peaked"; "her shoes had acutely pointed toes"
- synonyms: sharply, acutely

simple

noun

Any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties.
A person lacking intelligence or common sense.
- synonyms: simpleton

adjective

Having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved.
- usage: "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance"
Easy and not involved or complicated.
- usage: "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem"
- synonyms: elementary, uncomplicated, unproblematic
Apart from anything else; without additions or modifications.
- usage: "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth"
- synonyms: bare, mere
Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity.
- usage: "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder"
- synonyms: childlike, wide-eyed, round-eyed, dewy-eyed
Lacking mental capacity and subtlety.
- synonyms: dim-witted, simple-minded
Botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions.
- synonyms: unsubdivided
Unornamented.
- usage: "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress-simple to austerity"

(a.) Homogenous.
(a.) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
(a.) A medicinal plant; -- so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy.
(a.) Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf.
(a.) Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a.
(a.) Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress.
(a.) A part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
(a.) Mere; not other than; being only.
(a.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound.
(a.) Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward.
(a.) Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living.
(a.) Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly.
(a.) A drawloom.
(a.) Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks.
(a.) Something not mixed or compounded.
(a.) Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language.
(a.) Not given to artifice, stratagem or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true.
(a.) Humble; lowly; undistinguished.
(v.i.) To gather simples or medicinal plants.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Simple is a masculine given name

Name Meaning: 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' Servant to Slender
Name Origin: Shakespearean

Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees. A retirement plan that allows employees of businesses with small 100 or fewer employees and self-employed persons to make contributions to an IRA.' SIMPLE' plan contributions cannot exceed $6, 000 per year, and the contributions must be a percentage of the participant's earnings that is specified by the participant.

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