edge

Plural: edges

Noun

• the boundary of a surface
• a line determining the limits of an area
• a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object
  • "he rounded the edges of the box"
• the attribute of urgency in tone of voice
  • "his voice had an edge to it"
• a slight competitive advantage
  • "he had an edge on the competition"
• 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"
• The boundary line of a surface.
• A 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.
• An advantage.
• 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.
• A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
• Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
• The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)
• A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
• A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
• A level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax.
• The point of data production in an organization (the focus of edge computing), as opposed to the cloud.

Verb

Verb Forms: edged, edging, edges

• To provide with a boundary or border; to move gradually.
• advance slowly, as if by inches
  • "He edged towards the car"
• provide with a border or edge
  • "edge the tablecloth with embroidery"
• lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
• provide with an edge
  • "edge a blade"
• To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
• To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
• To win by a small margin.
• To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
• To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
• To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
• To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
• To form a border to; to enclose, to border.
• To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
• To intentionally stay or keep someone extremely close to the point of orgasm for a long period of time.
• To agitate or exasperate (someone) due to constant delays of something.

Examples

• He edged away from her.
• He edged the book across the table.
• He is standing on the edge of a precipice.
• He tried to EDGE his tile closer to the triple letter score, but it wouldn’t fit.
• I have the edge on him.
• in the edge of evening
• Jimmy has been edging for 6 hours straight; is his dick okay?
• The cup is right on the edge of the table.
• The muggers edged her into an alley and demanded money.
• They say no Internet is better than slow Internet, cause at least your browser doesn't edge you every time you try to load a page.
• When are the developers going to release the update? They've been edging us for months with all of these trailers.

Synonyms

abut, adjoin, border, bound, boundary, butt, butt against, butt on, inch, march, sharpness, advantage, brink, gain, line, lip, margin, rim

Anagrams of edge