edge (ɛdʒ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) |
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| —n |
| 1. | the border, brim, or margin of a surface, object, etc |
| 2. | a brink or verge: the edge of a cliff; the edge of a breakthrough |
| 3. | maths |
| | a. a line along which two faces or surfaces of a solid meet |
| | b. a line joining two vertices of a graph |
| 4. | the sharp cutting side of a blade |
| 5. | keenness, sharpness, or urgency: the walk gave an edge to his appetite |
| 6. | force, effectiveness, or incisiveness: the performance lacked edge |
| 7. | dialect |
| | a. a cliff, ridge, or hillside |
| | b. (capital) (in place names): Hade Edge |
| 8. | have the edge on, have the edge over to have a slight advantage or superiority (over) |
| 9. | on edge |
| | a. nervously irritable; tense |
| | b. nervously excited or eager |
| 10. | set someone's teeth on edge to make someone acutely irritated or uncomfortable |
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| —vb |
| 11. | (tr) to provide an edge or border for |
| 12. | (tr) to shape or trim (the edge or border of something), as with a knife or scissors: to edge a pie |
| 13. | to push (one's way, someone, something, etc) gradually, esp edgeways |
| 14. | (tr) cricket to hit (a bowled ball) with the edge of the bat |
| 15. | (tr) to tilt (a ski) sideways so that one edge digs into the snow |
| 16. | (tr) to sharpen (a knife, etc) |
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| [Old English ecg; related to Old Norse egg, Old High German ecka edge, Latin aciēs sharpness, Greek akis point] |
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| 'edgeless |
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| —adj |
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| 'edger |
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| —n |