EDGE
\ˈɛd͡ʒ], \ˈɛdʒ], \ˈɛ_dʒ]\
Definitions of EDGE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
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provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery"
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a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box"
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a slight competitive advantage; "he had an edge on the competition"
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provide with an edge; "edge a blade"
By Princeton University
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lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
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provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery"
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a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box"
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a slight competitive advantage; "he had an edge on the competition"
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provide with an edge; "edge a blade"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.
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Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
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The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening.
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To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
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To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.
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To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box.
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To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
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To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards.
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To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way.
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To sail close to the wind.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.
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Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
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The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening.
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To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
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To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.
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To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box.
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To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
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To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards.
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To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way.
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To sail close to the wind.
By Noah Webster.
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The thin, sharp, or cutting part of a knife or tool; extreme border; brink; margin; keenness.
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To put a border on; move forward little by little; as, to edge one's way through a crowd.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The border of anything: the brink: the cutting side of an instrument: something that wounds or cuts: sharpness of mind or appetite: keenness.
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To put an edge on: to place a border on: to exasperate: to urge on: to move by little and little.
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To move sideways.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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To sharpen; to furnish with an edge; to border; to exasperate; to incite; to move sideways or by little and little.
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To move sideways; to move gradually: to sail close to the wind. To set the teeth on edge, to cause a tingling or grating sensation in the teeth. To edge away, to increase the distance gradually from a coast or other object. To edge in with a coast or vessel, to advance gradually, and not directly, toward it.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The extreme border of anything; brink; verge; the thin cutting part of a knife, &c.; keenness; sharpness of mind or appetite.
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To sharpen; to border or fringe; to incite; to provoke; to move gradually.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument ;—the border or part adjacent to the line of division; brink; margin; sharp or narrow side :—that which cuts or wounds ; point;—keenness, as of appetite :—intensity of desire; sharpness; acrimony.