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- English Word Shark Definition Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas.
- English Word Shark Definition A rapacious, artful person; a sharper.
- English Word Shark Definition Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark.
- English Word Shark Definition To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.
- English Word Shark Definition To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.
- English Word Shark Definition To live by shifts and stratagems.
- English Word Sharked Definition of Shark
- English Word Sharker Definition One who lives by sharking.
- English Word Sharking Definition of Shark
- English Word Sharking Definition Petty rapine; trick; also, seeking a livelihood by shifts and dishonest devices.
- English Word Sharock Definition An East Indian coin of the value of 12/ pence sterling, or about 25 cents.
- English Word Sharp Definition Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.
- English Word Sharp Definition Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded; somewhat pointed or edged; peaked or ridged; as, a sharp hill; sharp features.
- English Word Sharp Definition 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.
- English Word Sharp Definition High in pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone.
- English Word Sharp Definition Raised a semitone in pitch; as, C sharp (C/), which is a half step, or semitone, higher than C.
- English Word Sharp Definition 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.
- English Word Sharp Definition Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air.
- English Word Sharp Definition Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke.
- English Word Sharp Definition Of keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish; having nice discrimination; acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp sight, hearing, or judgment.