Meaning

• 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.

  "The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F♯ (F sharp)."

• A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.

• A note that is sharp in a particular key.

  "The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps."

• The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.

  "Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is written in C♯ minor (C sharp minor.)"

• (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.

  "Place sharps in the specially marked red container for safe disposal."

• A dishonest person; a cheater.

  "The casino kept in the break room a set of pictures of known sharps for the bouncers to see."

• Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.

• A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.

• (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.

• An expert.

• A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).

Meaning

• To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.

  "That new musician must be tone deaf: he sharped half the notes of the song!"

• To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.

• To sharpen.

Meaning

• Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily; not obtuse or rounded.

  "A face with sharp features"

• Intelligent.

  "My nephew is a sharp lad; he can count to 100 in six languages, and he's only five years old."

• Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).

• Higher in pitch than required.

  "The orchestra's third violin several times was sharp about an eighth of a tone."

• Having an intense, acrid flavour.

  "Milly couldn't stand sharp cheeses when she was pregnant, because they made her nauseated."

• Sudden and intense.

  "A pregnant woman during labor normally experiences a number of sharp contractions."

• Illegal or dishonest.

  "Michael had a number of sharp ventures that he kept off the books."

• Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd.

  "a sharp dealer;  a sharp customer"

• Exact, precise, accurate; keen.

  "You'll need sharp aim to make that shot."

• Offensive, critical, or acrimonious.

  "When the two rivals met, first there were sharp words, and then a fight broke out."

• Stylish or attractive.

  "You look so sharp in that tuxedo!"

• Observant; alert; acute.

  "Keep a sharp watch on the prisoners. I don't want them to escape!"

• Forming a small angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.

  "Drive down Main for three quarters of a mile, then make a sharp right turn onto Pine."

• Steep; precipitous; abrupt.

  "a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve"

• (of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.

  "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."

• Tactical; risky.

• Piercing; keen; severe; painful.

  "a sharp pain; the sharp and frosty winter air"

• Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.

  "a sharp appetite"

• Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.

• Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.

• Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.

• Hungry.

Meaning

• To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.

• (notcomp) Exactly.

  "I'll see you at twelve o'clock sharp."

• In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.

  "I didn't enjoy the concert much because the tenor kept going sharp on the high notes."