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sharp (knife, claws, etc.)
  1. 1 sharp (knife, claws, etc.), pointed
  2. 2 sharp (pain, tone, etc.), acute, stabbing, cutting (remark, criticism, etc.), stinging, biting, fierce (attack), pointed (question, look, etc.), piercing (gaze), shrill (sound)
  3. 3 keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.), acute, sharp (eye, mind, etc.), astute, shrewd, discerning, penetrating (insight, question, etc.), perceptive
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • I have a good sense of smell.

    sense 3 · keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.)

  • I have a sharp pain here.

    sense 2 · sharp (pain, tone, etc.)

  • The knife has a very sharp edge.

    sense 1 · sharp (knife, claws, etc.)

  • He has an acute sense of observation.

    sense 3 · keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.)

  • He has sharp hearing.

    sense 3 · keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.)

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