EDGEnoun

• 1

  educationExplain, demonstrate, guide, enable; an educating method.

• 2

  Notation for an edge rusher.

Edgename

• 1

  A surname.

• 2

  computingengineeringmathematicsMicrosoft Edge.

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  A place name:

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  A place name:

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  A place name:

edgenoun/ɛd͡ʒ/

• 1

  The boundary line of a surface.

• 2

  geometrymathematicssciencesA one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.

• 3

  An advantage.

  • I have the edge on him.
  • It’s no secret that the United States may be losing its edge in civilian aviation. Nowhere is this more apparent than with small unmanned aircraft, those tiny flying robots that promise to transform agriculture, forestry, pipeline monitoring, filmmaking, and more.
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  The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.

  • Speaking with a metallic edge to her voice.
  • There was an unmistakable edge to her remarks.
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  A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.

  • The cup is right on the edge of the table.
  • He is standing on the edge of a precipice.
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  Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.

  • After the timeout there was a new edge to the team's play.
  • 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.
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  The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)

  • in the edge of evening
  • supposing that the new general, unacquainted with his army, and on the edge of winter, would not hastily oppose them.
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  ball-gamescricketgamesA shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.

  • 2004 March 29, R. Bharat Rao Short report: Ind-Pak T1D2 Session 1 in rec.sports.cricket, Usenet Finally another edge for 4, this time dropped by the keeper

edgeverb/ɛd͡ʒ/

• 1

  To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.

  • He edged the book across the table.
  • The muggers edged her into an alley and demanded money.
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  To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.

  • He edged away from her.
  • Carroll has been edging slowly towards full fitness after his expensive arrival from Newcastle United and his partnership with £23m Luis Suarez showed rich promise as Liverpool controlled affairs from start to finish.
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  To win by a small margin.

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  ball-gamescricketgamesTo hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.

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  To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.

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  To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.

  • 2005, Paige Gilchrist, The Big Book of Backyard Projects: Walls, Fences, Paths, Patios, Benches, Chairs & More, Section 2: Paths and Walkways, page 181, If you're edging with stone, brick, or another material in a lawn area, set the upper surfaces of the edging just at or not more than ½ inch above ground level so it won't be an obstacle to lawn mowers.
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  To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.

  • To edge her champion sword
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  To form a border to; to enclose, to border.

  • Edged rather than washed by the river Ganges, it trails for a couple of miles along the bank, scarcely distinguishable from the rubbish it deposits so freely.

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