Sharp-cut

  • 21sharp — [shärp] adj. [ME < OE scearp, akin to Ger scharf, ON skarpr < IE * (s)kerb(h) < base * (s)ker , to cut > SHEAR, HARVEST, L caro, flesh] 1. suitable for use in cutting or piercing; having a very thin edge or fine point; keen 2. having… …

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  • 22sharp — sharp, keen, acute can all mean having a fine point or edge, but it is in several of their extended senses that they are most likely to come into comparison. As applied to persons or their qualities, especially of intellect, all three can… …

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  • 23sharp — [adj1] knifelike, cutting aciculate, acuate, acuminate, acuminous, acute, apical, barbed, briery, cuspate, cuspidate, edged, fine, ground fine, honed, horned, jagged, keen, keen edged, knife edged, needlelike, needle pointed, peaked, pointed,… …

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  • 24Cut-resistant gloves — are gloves designed to protect the wearer s hands from cuts while working with sharp tools. They can be divided into metal mesh gloves, cut and sewn and seamless knitted gloves. Metal mesh gloves are made of rings of stainless steel and are… …

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  • 25Cut-in-the-Hill — is a stretch of I 75 highway located in Covington, Kentucky between Buttermilk Pike and the Brent Spence Bridge near Cincinnati, Ohio.[1] The hill is known for its large number of automobile accidents.[2] …

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  • 26cut — [n1] incision carving, chip, chop, cleavage, cleft, dissection, fissure, furrow, gash, graze, groove, intersection, kerf, laceration, mark, nick, nip, notch, opening, passage, penetration, pierce, prick, rabbet, rent, rip, scarification,… …

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  • 27cut´ting|ly — cut|ting «KUHT ihng», noun, adjective. –noun. 1. a thing cut off or out. 2. a small shoot cut from a plant to grow a new plant; scion; slip: »Mother started the new flower pots with cuttings from the older plants. 3. Especially British. a… …

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  • 28cut|ting — «KUHT ihng», noun, adjective. –noun. 1. a thing cut off or out. 2. a small shoot cut from a plant to grow a new plant; scion; slip: »Mother started the new flower pots with cuttings from the older plants. 3. Especially British. a newspaper or… …

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  • 29cut-throat razor — n BrE a ↑razor with a very long sharp blade, used especially in the past …

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  • 30cut|ter — «KUHT uhr», noun. 1. a person who cuts: »A garment cutter cuts out pieces of fabric to be made into clothes. 2. a tool or machine for cutting: »The blade of a meat cutter is very sharp. 3. a small, light sleigh, usually pulled by one horse. 4. a… …

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