TO SHARP UP

Definition: TO SHARP UP

TO SHARP UP

1. (Naut.), to turn the yards to the most oblique position possible, that the ship may lie well up to the wind. Syn: Keen; acute; piercing; penetrating; quick; sagacious; discerning; shrewd; witty; ingenious; sour; acid; tart; pungent; acrid; severe; poignant; biting; acrimonious; sarcastic; cutting; bitter; painful; afflictive; violent; harsh; fierce; ardent; fiery.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Anagrams: TO SHARP UP

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-h-o-p-p-r-s-t-u"
	-1 letter: trappous.
	-2 letters: authors, hotspur, support.
	-3 letters: author, parous, pastor, pathos, pharos, potash, prahus, prutah, rouths, sapour, sprout, stupor, thorps, tophus, torahs, upshot, upsoar.
	-4 letters: aport, autos, harps, harts, hoars, horas, horst, hosta, hours, hurst, hurts, oaths, opahs, ouphs, parts, paths, phots, phuts, ports, pours, pouts, prahu, praos, prats, praus, proas, props, prost, pruta, pupas.
	Words containing the letters "a-h-o-p-p-r-s-t-u"
	+3 letters: phosphaturia.
	+4 letters: phosphaturias.
	+5 letters: anthropophagus, pneumatophores, superphosphate.
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