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sharp-set

[ shahrp-set ]

adjective

  1. eager to satisfy the appetite, especially for food.
  2. keen or eager.
  3. set to present a sharply angled edge.


sharp-set

adjective

  1. set to give an acute cutting angle
  2. keenly hungry
  3. 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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Other Words From

  • sharp-setness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sharp-set1

First recorded in 1530–40
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Example Sentences

Being sharp-set for his breakfast, he came away, telling Ketira he would see her again by-and-by.

It was eight o'clock, and John had been afield for a couple of hours and had come back with his appetite sharp set.

A hurried toilet and they went downstairs, sharp-set for breakfast after the long, refreshing sleep.

Oh, Noel, stinging memory is more merciless than sharp-set hair shirts that fret the flesh.

I do not think Thus dry and meagre Erisicthon show'd, When pinc'ed by sharp-set famine to the quick.

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