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sharp
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"
  • Ending in a sharp point.
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • Harsh.
    • usage: "sharp criticism"; "a sharp-worded exchange"; "a tart remark"
  • Having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones .
    • usage: "a shrill whistle"; "a shrill gaiety"
  • Extremely steep.
    • usage: "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"
  • 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"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
thinking

noun

verb

  • Judge or regard; look upon; judge.
    • usage: "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"
  • Expect, believe, or suppose.
    • usage: "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"
  • Use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.
    • usage: "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"
  • Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection.
    • usage: "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number"; "Do you remember that he once loved you"; "call up memories"
  • Imagine or visualize.
    • usage: "Just think-you could be rich one day"; "Think what a scene it must have been"
  • Focus one's attention on a certain state.
    • usage: "Think big"; "think thin"
  • Have in mind as a purpose.
    • usage: "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"
  • Decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting.
    • usage: "Can you think what to do next"
  • Ponder; reflect on, or reason about.
    • usage: "Think the matter through"; "Think how hard life in Russia must be these days"
  • Dispose the mind in a certain way.
    • usage: "Do you really think so"
  • Have or formulate in the mind.
    • usage: "think good thoughts"
  • Be capable of conscious thought.
    • usage: "Man is the only creature that thinks"
  • Bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation.
    • usage: "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam"

adjective

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