edge

[ ej ]

/ ɛdʒ /

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noun

a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.

a brink or verge: the edge of a cliff; the edge of disaster.

any of the narrow surfaces of a thin, flat object: a book with gilt edges.

a line at which two surfaces of a solid object meet: an edge of a box.

the thin, sharp side of the blade of a cutting instrument or weapon.

the sharpness proper to a blade: The knife has lost its edge.

sharpness or keenness of language, argument, tone of voice, appetite, desire, etc.: The snack took the edge off his hunger. Her voice had an edge to it.

British Dialect. a hill or cliff.

an improved position; advantage: He gained the edge on his opponent.

Cards.

advantage, especially the advantage gained by being the age or eldest hand.
eldest hand.

Ice Skating. one of the two edges of a skate blade where the sides meet the bottom surface, made sharp by carving a groove on the bottom.

Skiing. one of the two edges on the bottom of a ski that is angled into a slope when making a turn.

verb (used with object), edged, edg·ing.

to put an edge on; sharpen.

to provide with an edge or border: to edge a terrace with shrubbery; to edge a skirt with lace.

to make or force (one's way) gradually by moving sideways.

Metalworking.

to turn (a piece to be rolled) onto its edge.
to roll (a piece set on edge).
to give (a piece) a desired width by passing between vertical rolls.
to rough (a piece being forged) so that the bulk is properly distributed for final forging.

verb (used without object), edged, edg·ing.

to move sideways: to edge through a crowd.

to advance gradually or cautiously: a car edging up to a curb.

Verb Phrases

edge in, to insert or work in or into, especially in a limited period of time: Can you edge in your suggestion before they close the discussion?

edge out, to defeat (rivals or opponents) by a small margin: The home team edged out the visitors in an exciting finish.

OTHER WORDS FOR edge

1 rim, lip.

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Idioms about edge

have an edge on, Informal. to be mildly intoxicated with alcoholic liquor: He had a pleasant edge on from the sherry.

on edge,

(of a person or a person's nerves) acutely sensitive; nervous; tense.
impatient; eager: The contestants were on edge to learn the results.

set one's teeth on edge. tooth (def. 21).

Origin of edge

before 1000; Middle English egge,Old English ecg; cognate with German Ecke corner; akin to Latin aciēs,Greek akís point

synonym study for edge

1. Edge, border, margin refer to a boundary. An edge is the boundary line of a surface or plane: the edge of a table. Border is the boundary of a surface or the strip adjacent to it, inside or out: a border of lace. Margin is a limited strip, generally unoccupied, at the extremity of an area: the margin of a page.

OTHER WORDS FROM edge

edgeless, adjectiveoutedge, verb (used with object), out·edged, out·edg·ing.un·der·edge, nounun·edge, verb (used with object), un·edged, un·edg·ing.

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How to use edge in a sentence

At my suggestion, Philippe C- incorporated the ability to assign custom weights to each number of edges, which allows more interesting and hairy configurations to emerge that you can play with in the simulation.
How to Solve Our Three John Conway-Inspired Puzzles|Pradeep Mutalik|November 20, 2020|Quanta Magazine
You’ll want to top off the tank when you reach the edge of civilization so that you aren’t in the position of trying to return on fumes.
Backing up a trailer is really hard, but this $100,000 SUV offers a new solution|Dan Carney|November 19, 2020|Popular-Science
Patching together local regions into one big universe produced misalignments at their edges, like flat tiles on a round globe.
When Einstein Tilted at Windmills - Issue 93: Forerunners|Amanda Gefter|November 18, 2020|Nautilus
First, get a tissue, fold it in half, and place it on the inside of your mask, along the top edge, so it sits right over the bridge of your nose and lays against your cheeks.
The best ways to stop a mask from fogging up your glasses, ranked|Sandra Gutierrez G.|November 18, 2020|Popular-Science

As a result, those high-energy electrons may get tangled up in small vortices on the edge of the plasma stream, below the purple streak.
STEVE may be even less like typical auroras than scientists thought|Maria Temming|November 12, 2020|Science News
The baronet took down a pair of light, edgeless blades with blunted points.
Brothers of Peril|Theodore Goodridge Roberts
You may choose which liberty you will, and restraint of voiceful rock, or the dumb and edgeless shore of darkened sand.
On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2)|John Ruskin
His rich voice filled the air with the edgeless, honeyed beauty of the ancient tongue.
Autobiography of a YOGI|Paramhansa Yogananda
Ring quadrangular, edgeless, with four unequal sides; ventral rod more curved and with longer sides than the dorsal rod.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index|Ernst Haeckel
Mistress of her scissors and needles, which are pointless and edgeless to her art!
The Hunchback|James Sheridan Knowles

British Dictionary definitions for edge

edge

/ (ɛdʒ) /

noun

the border, brim, or margin of a surface, object, etc

a brink or vergethe edge of a cliff; the edge of a breakthrough

maths

a line along which two faces or surfaces of a solid meet
a line joining two vertices of a graph

the sharp cutting side of a blade

keenness, sharpness, or urgencythe walk gave an edge to his appetite

force, effectiveness, or incisivenessthe performance lacked edge

dialect

a cliff, ridge, or hillside
(capital) (in place names)Hade Edge

have the edge on or have the edge over to have a slight advantage or superiority (over)

on edge

nervously irritable; tense
nervously excited or eager

set someone's teeth on edge to make someone acutely irritated or uncomfortable

verb

(tr) to provide an edge or border for

(tr) to shape or trim (the edge or border of something), as with a knife or scissorsto edge a pie

to push (one's way, someone, something, etc) gradually, esp edgeways

(tr) cricket to hit (a bowled ball) with the edge of the bat

(tr) to tilt (a ski) sideways so that one edge digs into the snow

(tr) to sharpen (a knife, etc)

Derived forms of edge

edgeless, adjectiveedger, noun

Word Origin for edge

Old English ecg; related to Old Norse egg, Old High German ecka edge, Latin aciēs sharpness, Greek akis point

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edge

In addition to the idioms beginning with edge

edge in
edge out

also see:

cutting edge
get a word in edgewise
have the edge on
on edge
on the edge
over the edge
set one's teeth on edge
take the edge off
thin edge of the wedge

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