sharp
adjective
having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing.
sharped
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past participleof sharp.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof sharp.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
sharpadjectivehaving a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing.
Example Sentences
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These are some macho men of the old Southern tradition, and trying their final product usually consists of a gigantically sharped bushman’s knife hacking through a Fred Flintstone style brontosaurus size steak.
From Forbes ● Jan. 21, 2015
Hence didactic William sharped his own son out of board-money.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then did a sharped spyre of diamond bright, Ten feete each way in square, appeare to mee, Iustly proportion'd up unto his hight, So far as archer might his level see.
From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Edmund Spenser
I heerd a skreekin' an' screamin' an' screevin', as ef all the saws in Massissippi wor bein' sharped 'ithin twenty yards o' my ear.
From Our Young Folks—Vol. I, No. II, February 1865 An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls by Various
I'm eaten out of house and home, and sharped at cards besides.
From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by George Augustus Sala
