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
Dickens's sentiment seldom rings perfectly true; too often it is sharped to flippancy, or flatted to mawkishness.
From Washington Irving by Henry Walcott Boynton
Dey say de brudder, Mister Benny, he done sharped it 'way from de others befo' he die, but I 'lieve the gals will win dat lawsuit.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. Texas Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
Then he that sharped, And pocketed a prize by fraud obtained, Was marked and shunned as odious.
From The Task and Other Poems by William Cowper
