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sharp-set
[ shahrp-set ]
/ ˈʃɑrpˌsɛt /
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adjective
eager to satisfy the appetite, especially for food.
keen or eager.
set to present a sharply angled edge.
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Origin of sharp-set
First recorded in 1530–40
OTHER WORDS FROM sharp-set
sharp-setness, nounWords nearby sharp-set
sharpish,
sharp-nosed,
sharp practice,
Sharps,
Sharpsburg,
sharp-set,
sharp-shinned hawk,
sharpshooter,
sharp-sighted,
sharp-tailed grouse,
sharp-tailed sparrow Dictionary.com Unabridged
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How to use sharp-set in a sentence
When cities started adding chlorine to their water supplies, in the early 1900s, it set off public outcry.
Submission is set in a France seven years from now that is dominated by a Muslim president intent on imposing Islamic law.
In the last year, her fusion exercise class has attracted a cult following and become de rigueur among the celebrity set.
I wonder what that lady is doing now, and if she knows what she set in motion with Archer?
Empire will be hate-watched and may set off some conversations on its way from fading from our minds.
You would not think it too much to set the whole province in flames so that you could have your way with this wretched child.
I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
She set off down Trafalgar Road in the mist and the rain, glad that she had been compelled to walk.
Good is set against evil, and life against death: so also is the sinner against a just man.
He set down as the second the golden rule, “Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them.”
British Dictionary definitions for sharp-set
adjective
set to give an acute cutting angle
keenly hungry
keen or eager
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