sharp-set

[ shahrp-set ]

/ ˈʃɑrpˌsɛt /

adjective

eager to satisfy the appetite, especially for food.

keen or eager.

set to present a sharply angled edge.

Origin of sharp-set

First recorded in 1530–40

OTHER WORDS FROM sharp-set

sharp-setness, noun

Words nearby sharp-set

sharpish, sharp-nosed, sharp practice, Sharps, Sharpsburg, sharp-set, sharp-shinned hawk, sharpshooter, sharp-sighted, sharp-tailed grouse, sharp-tailed sparrow

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Example sentences from the Web for sharp-set

Well, when you are sharp-set, and you eat and satisfy yourself, everything looks pretty different from what it done before.
Tom Sawyer Abroad|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Oh, Noel, stinging memory is more merciless than sharp-set hair shirts that fret the flesh.
A Speckled Bird|Augusta J. Evans Wilson
I do not think Thus dry and meagre Erisicthon show'd, When pinc'ed by sharp-set famine to the quick.
The Vision of Purgatory, Complete|Dante Alighieri
Ye see, I wasna that sharp-set the day, sae I had jist a mou'fu' o' breid and cheese.
Robert Falconer|George MacDonald

"Gentlemen, pray Heaven you are all too sharp-set to be dainty," said the knight, evading his wife's question.
The Life Of Sir John Falstaff|Robert B. Brough

British Dictionary definitions for sharp-set

sharp-set

adjective

set to give an acute cutting angle

keenly hungry

keen or eager

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	sharp-set
释义	sharp-set [ shahrp-set ] / ˈʃɑrpˌsɛt / adjective eager to satisfy the appetite, especially for food. keen or eager. set to present a sharply angled edge. Origin of sharp-set First recorded in 1530–40 OTHER WORDS FROM sharp-set sharp-setness, noun Words 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 UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sharp-set Well, when you are sharp-set, and you eat and satisfy yourself, everything looks pretty different from what it done before. Tom Sawyer Abroad\|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) Oh, Noel, stinging memory is more merciless than sharp-set hair shirts that fret the flesh. A Speckled Bird\|Augusta J. Evans Wilson I do not think Thus dry and meagre Erisicthon show'd, When pinc'ed by sharp-set famine to the quick. The Vision of Purgatory, Complete\|Dante Alighieri Ye see, I wasna that sharp-set the day, sae I had jist a mou'fu' o' breid and cheese. Robert Falconer\|George MacDonald "Gentlemen, pray Heaven you are all too sharp-set to be dainty," said the knight, evading his wife's question. The Life Of Sir John Falstaff\|Robert B. Brough British Dictionary definitions for sharp-set sharp-set adjective set to give an acute cutting angle keenly hungry keen or eager Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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