Sharp-cut

  • 61cut — 1. adjective /kʌt/ a) Having been cut. The pitcher threw a cut fastball that was slower than his usual pitch. b) Reduced. Cut brandy is a liquor made of brandy and hard grain liquor. 2 …

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  • 62sharp — adjective 1》 having an edge or point able to cut or pierce something.     ↘tapering to a point or edge.     ↘(of sand or gravel) composed of angular grains. 2》 producing a sudden, piercing sensation or effect. 3》 (of a food, taste, or smell)… …

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  • 63Sharp EL-5120 — The Sharp EL 5120 is a scientific programmable calculator. It has about 1 KB of total RAM available to the user, and has 4 basic operational modes:*Real mode: it is the basic operational mode for direcltly performing standard algebraic and… …

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  • 64sharp — [OE] Sharp, together with its close relatives German scharf, Dutch scherp, and Swedish and Danish skarp, goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skarpaz. This was probably descended from an extension of the Indo European base *sker ‘cut’ (source of… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 65sharp — [OE] Sharp, together with its close relatives German scharf, Dutch scherp, and Swedish and Danish skarp, goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skarpaz. This was probably descended from an extension of the Indo European base *sker ‘cut’ (source of… …

    Word origins

  • 66cut-throat razor — noun, pl ⋯ zors [count] Brit : ↑straight razor * * * ˌcut throat ˈrazor f8 [cut throat razor] noun a ↑razor (= a tool used for shaving) with a long sharp blade compare ↑ …

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  • 67cut a fine figure — look very good in your clothes, look sharp    When Dee was in her twenties she cut a fine figure in this fur jacket …

    English idioms

  • 68cut like a knife — verb a) To sting severely, to cause a sensation of stinging, especially said of cold weather. To my small hands, the bitter wind cuts like a knife, freezing my fingers and numbing my circulation. b) To be very sharp (of a character, or remark) …

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  • 69cut in — interrupt someone when they are speaking; enter something without permission; come between; rapidly move in front of someone or something; mix in with sharp motions; …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 70cut-throat razor — noun (C) a razor with a very long sharp blade …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English