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sharon

/ˈʃæɹən/

sharon verb: wrapping leftover foods to take home from any kind of social function such as a birthday or wedding.

Verb

sharon (third-person singular simple present sharons, present participle sharoning, simple past and past participle sharoned)

  1. (Philippines, slang) Wrapping leftover foods to take home from any kind of social function such as a birthday or wedding.

Proper noun capitalized: Sharon

Sharon

  1. A plain in Israel.
    • I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Song of Solomon 2:1
  2. A female given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name.
    • Although the Black Sabbath frontman was raised in the Church of England, his marriage to television personality and manager Sharon Osbourne (Levy), whose father, Don Arden, was Jewish, put Judaism “at the heart of our household,” she told The Jewish Chronicle last year, adding, “Judaism is the only...2025 July 22, “Was Ozzy Osbourne Jewish, or ‘half a heeb’?”, in The Jerusalem Post
  3. A unisex given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name.
    • My name is Katie Jonas. I was born in Utica. My dad worked on a brickyard. I picked out the name Sharon Falconer while I was a stenographer.1927, Sinclair Lewis, Elmer Gantry, Harcourt, Brace and Company, page 183
    • The group suggested a number of reasons why a girl might not fit in to their community - for instance, if she wore white socks and had a name like 'Sharon'.2001, Deborah Cameron, Working With Spoken Discourse, SAGE, →ISBN, page 157
  4. A surname.
  5. A town and census-designated place therein, in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
  6. A minor city in Taliaferro County, Georgia.
  7. An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Indiana.
  8. A township and minor city therein, in Barber County, Kansas.
  9. A town and census-designated place therein, in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
  10. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Mississippi.
  11. An unincorporated community in Saline County, Missouri.
  12. A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
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  1. A town and hamlet therein, in Schoharie County, New York.
  2. A minor city in Steele County, North Dakota.
  3. An unincorporated community and township in Noble County, Ohio.
  4. A town in Woodward County, Oklahoma.
  5. A city in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
  6. A town in York County, South Carolina.
  7. A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
  8. An unincorporated community and coal town in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
  9. A town in Portage County, Wisconsin.
  10. A town and village in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
  11. A number of other townships in the United States, including in Illinois, Iowa (4), Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio (4), and Pennsylvania, listed under Sharon Township.
  12. A community in the town of East Gwillimbury, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, named after the Sharon Temple.
  13. A community in Middlesex Centre township, Middlesex County, Ontario.
  14. A rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia, named after the plain in Israel.

Noun capitalized: Sharon

Sharon (plural Sharons)

  1. (UK, derogatory, slang) A working-class female.
    • 'Cos all the Sharons go with the Rocker type of skaters - because I've got friends who are really good friends with Sharons and they are skaters. And you don't hold it against them that they are Sharons and they are rockers.2005, Birgitte Tufte, Jeanette Rasmussen, Lars Bech Christensen, Frontrunners Or Copycats? (page 83), quoting a 17-year-old girl

sharon meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

sharon in Hindi

शेरोनिंग, शेरोन, शारोन

sharon in Tamil

ஷரோன், ஷாரோன்

sharon in Marathi

शेरोनला, शारोनला, शेरॉनला

sharon in Urdu

شارون, شیرون
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sharon in Bengali
শারোনের কাছে, শ্যারনকে, শ্যারনের কাছে
sharon in Telugu
షారోన్కు, షారోన్, షారన్
sharon in Malayalam
ഷാരോണിലേക്ക്, ഷാരോണിനോട്, ഷാരോണിനെ
sharon in Kannada
ಶಾರೋನ್ಗೆ, ಶಾರೋನ್, ಶರೋನ್ಗೆ
sharon in Punjabi
ਸ਼ਾਰੋਨ, ਸ਼ੇਰੋਨ
sharon in Gujarati
શેરોનને, શેરોન, શારોનને
sharon in Odia
ଶାରୋନ୍ଙ୍କୁ, ଶାରୋନ୍, ଶାରୋନଙ୍କୁ
sharon in Nepali
शेरोनिंग, शेरोनलाई, शारोनलाई

Forms of sharon

Verb
third-person singular presentsharons
present participlesharoning
past participlesharoned
pastsharoned
Noun
pluralSharons

Origin of sharon

Borrowed from Tagalog sharon.

Biblical place name, Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (šārōn, “the Sharon plain”).

Words formed from sharon

Phrases with sharon

Words that rhyme with sharon

Questions about sharon

What does sharon mean?
Sharon means wrapping leftover foods to take home from any kind of social function such as a birthday or wedding.
What is sharon in Hindi?
Sharon in Hindi is शेरोनिंग, शेरोन, शारोन. See Sharon meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is sharon?
Sharon can be a verb, a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce sharon?
Sharon is pronounced /ˈʃæɹən/.
What is the past tense of sharon?
The past tense of sharon is sharoned.

Words near sharon in the dictionary

  1. Sharnal Street
  2. Sharnbrook
  3. sharny
  4. Sharoian
  5. Sharoians
  6. sharon
  7. sharon fruit
  8. Sharon fruits
  9. Sharon Hill
  10. Sharon plain
  11. Sharon Springs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sharon (page history and authors); Sharon (page history and authors); sharon (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sharon (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sharon (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sharon (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sharon (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sharon (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sharon (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sharon (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sharon (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sharon (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sharon (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sharon (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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