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edge

/ɛdʒ/

noun

Meaning

  • 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.

    "I have the edge on him."

  • 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.

    "He is standing on the edge of a precipice."

  • 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)

    "in the edge of evening"

  • A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.

  • A connected pair of vertices in a graph.

  • In male masturbation, a level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax; see also edging.

Synonyms

advantage,
gain,
line,
boundary,
brink,
lip,
margin,
rim

verb

Meaning

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

    "He edged the book across the table."

  • To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.

    "He edged away from her."

  • (usually in the form 'just edge') 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 make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.

  • To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.