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edge 
[ej] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, edged, edg·ing.
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[ej] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, edged, edg·ing. –noun
–verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
—Verb phrases
—Idioms
| 1. | a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges. |
| 2. | a brink or verge: the edge of a cliff; the edge of disaster. |
| 3. | any of the narrow surfaces of a thin, flat object: a book with gilt edges. |
| 4. | a line at which two surfaces of a solid object meet: an edge of a box. |
| 5. | the thin, sharp side of the blade of a cutting instrument or weapon. |
| 6. | the sharpness proper to a blade: The knife has lost its edge. |
| 7. | 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. |
| 8. | British Dialect. a hill or cliff. |
| 9. | an improved position; advantage: He gained the edge on his opponent. |
| 10. | Cards.
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| 11. | 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. |
| 12. | Skiing. one of the two edges on the bottom of a ski that is angled into a slope when making a turn. |
| 13. | to put an edge on; sharpen. |
| 14. | to provide with an edge or border: to edge a terrace with shrubbery; to edge a skirt with lace. |
| 15. | to make or force (one's way) gradually by moving sideways. |
| 16. | Metalworking.
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| 17. | to move sideways: to edge through a crowd. |
| 18. | to advance gradually or cautiously: a car edging up to a curb. |
| 19. | edge in, to insert or work in or into, esp. in a limited period of time: Can you edge in your suggestion before they close the discussion? |
| 20. | edge out, to defeat (rivals or opponents) by a small margin: The home team edged out the visitors in an exciting finish. |
| 21. | have an edge on, Informal. to be mildly intoxicated with alcoholic liquor: He had a pleasant edge on from the sherry. |
| 22. | on edge,
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| 23. | set one's teeth on edge. tooth (def. 21). |
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME egge, OE ecg; c. G Ecke corner; akin to L aciés, Gk akís point]
] —Related forms
edgeless, adjective
—Synonyms 1. rim, lip. 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.
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| edge
(ěj) Pronunciation Key
n.
v. edged, edg·ing, edg·es v. tr.
v. intr. To move gradually or hesitantly: The child edged toward the door. [Middle English egge, from Old English ecg; see ak- in Indo-European roots.] edge'less adj. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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edge
O.E. ecg "corner, edge," also "sword," from P.Gmc. *agjo (cf. O.N. egg, see egg (v.); Ger. Eck "corner"), from PIE base *ak- "sharp, pointed" (cf. L. acies, Gk. akis "point;" see acrid). Spelling development of O.E. -cg to M.E. -gg to Mod.E. -dge represents a widespread shift in pronunciation. Verb meaning "to move edgeways (with the edge toward the spectator), advance slowly" is first recorded 1624, originally nautical. The verb meaning "urge on, incite" (16c.) is usually a mistake for egg (v.). Edge-ways "turned on edge" is from 1566. Edgy "tense and irritable" is attested from 1837. To get the edge on (someone) is U.S. colloquial, first recorded 1911. Edge city is from Joel Garreau's 1992 book of that name. Razor's edge as a perilous narrow path translates Gk. epi xyrou akmes. "As if it were possible for any of us to slide in a word edgewise" [Miss Mitford, 1824].
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| edge | |
noun | |
| 1. | the boundary of a surface |
| 2. | a line determining the limits of an area [syn: boundary] |
| 3. | a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box" |
| 4. | the attribute of urgency in tone of voice; "his voice had an edge to it" |
| 5. | a slight competitive advantage; "he had an edge on the competition" |
| 6. | the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something; "the edge of the leaf is wavy"; "she sat on the edge of the bed"; "the water's edge" |
verb | |
| 1. | advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car" |
| 2. | provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery" [syn: border] |
| 3. | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: border] |
| 4. | provide with an edge; "edge a blade" |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This
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In addition to the idioms beginning with edge, 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
U.S. Gazetteer - Cite This Source - Share This
Edge Hill, GA (city, FIPS 26224) Location: 33.15293 N, 82.62678 W
Population (1990): 22 (11 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
River Edge, NJ (borough, FIPS 63360) Location: 40.92720 N, 74.04003 W
Population (1990): 10603 (4161 housing units)
Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 07661
Gilt Edge, TN (city, FIPS 29160) Location: 35.53282 N, 89.83069 W
Population (1990): 447 (180 housing units)
Area: 7.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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Edge\, n. [OE. eg, egge, AS. ecg; akin to OHG. ekka, G. ecke, Icel. & Sw. egg, Dan. eg, and to L. acies, Gr. ? point, Skr. a?ri edge. ??. Cf. Egg, v. t., Eager, Ear spike of corn, Acute.]1. The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc. He which hath the sharp sword with two edges. --Rev. ii. 12. Slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword. --Shak. 2. Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice. Upon the edge of yonder coppice. --Shak. In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge Of battle. --Milton. Pursue even to the very edge of destruction. --Sir W. Scott. 3. Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire. The full edge of our indignation. --Sir W. Scott. Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can have, if we do not set an edge upon them by our fears and by our vices. --Jer. Taylor. 4. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening. "On the edge of winter." --Milton. Edge joint (Carp.), a joint formed by two edges making a corner. Edge mill, a crushing or grinding mill in which stones roll around on their edges, on a level circular bed; -- used for ore, and as an oil mill. Called also Chilian mill. Edge molding (Arch.), a molding whose section is made up of two curves meeting in an angle. Edge plane. (a) (Carp.) A plane for edging boards. (b) (Shoemaking) A plane for edging soles. Edge play, a kind of swordplay in which backswords or cutlasses are used, and the edge, rather than the point, is employed. Edge rail. (Railroad) (a) A rail set on edge; -- applied to a rail of more depth than width. (b) A guard rail by the side of the main rail at a switch. --Knight. Edge railway, a railway having the rails set on edge. Edge stone, a curbstone. Edge tool. (a) Any tool instrument having a sharp edge intended for cutting. (b) A tool for forming or dressing an edge; an edging tool. To be on edge, to be eager, impatient, or anxious. To set the teeth on edge, to cause a disagreeable tingling sensation in the teeth, as by bringing acids into contact with them. --Bacon.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Edge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Edged; p. pr. & vb. n. Edging.]1. To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen. To edge her champion's sword. --Dryden. 2. To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool. 3. To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box. Hills whose tops were edged with groves. --Pope. 4. To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on. [Obs.] By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the malicious edged. --Hayward. 5. To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards. --Locke.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Edge\, v. i. 1. To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way. 2. To sail close to the wind. I must edge up on a point of wind. --Dryden. To edge away or off (Naut.), to increase the distance gradually from the shore, vessel, or other object. To edge down (Naut.), to approach by slow degrees, as when a sailing vessel approaches an object in an oblique direction from the windward. To edge in, to get in edgewise; to get in by degrees. To edge in with, as with a coast or vessel (Naut.), to advance gradually, but not directly, toward it.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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