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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

look sharp en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (imperative) Pay attention; be alert.
  2. (imperative) Hurry up; work quickly.
    • Have you made a fire in the grate? / Not yet, I am just going to make one. / Look sharp, it is very cold, and make the fire very fierce. 1886, Lim Hiong Seng, Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
looked sharp Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
looked sharp Tense=Past lexicographic
looking sharp Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
looks sharp Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

look snappy

Translations (3)

pl uważać (to pay attention; to be alert) · pl śpieszyć się (to hurry up) · pl pośpieszyć się (to hurry up)