edger
Use Edger in a sentence
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edge (ɛdʒ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 |
| —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) |
| [Old English ecg; related to Old Norse egg, Old High German ecka edge, Latin aciēs sharpness, Greek akis point] | |
| 'edgeless | |
| —adj | |
| 'edger | |
| —n | |
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Edger
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Example sentences
Construction of tent pads with concrete edger and aggregate surfacing.
The steel shaft that drives the edger blade can break during use causing the edger blade to detach.
Head sawyer, edger, cutoff saws and green chain operators.
Do not start an edger if the blade is touching the ground.
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