edge
IPA: ˈɛdʒ
noun
- The boundary line of a surface.
- (geometry) 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.
- (also figuratively) 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)
- (cricket) A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
- (graph theory) 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.
- (computing, often attributive) The point of data production in an organization (the focus of edge computing), as opposed to the cloud.
- (scouting, education) Explain, demonstrate, guide, enable; an educating method.
- (gridiron football) Notation for an edge rusher.
- A surname.
- (computing) Microsoft Edge.
- A place name:
- A village in Painswick parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8409).
- A hamlet in Pontesbury parish, south of Yockleton, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3908).
- An unincorporated community in Brazos County, Texas, United States, founded by Dr. John Edge.
- (mobile telephony) Acronym of Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution.
verb
- (transitive) To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
- (intransitive) To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
- (usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
- (cricket, transitive) To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
- (transitive) To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
- (transitive) To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
- (transitive) To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
- (figurative) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
- (intransitive, transitive, slang) To intentionally stay or keep someone extremely close to the point of orgasm for a long period of time.
- (transitive, slang, figuratively) To agitate or exasperate (someone) due to constant delays of something.
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Examples of "edge" in Sentences
- The edge is jagged because the two sides are slanted.
- The tapered leading edge cuts, while the sides burnish.
- The hand straps are attached to the staff on the side of the rear edge.
- The label side and edge is only a lacquer layer away from the data layer.
- The coloring makes it appear to have a zigzag edge on the sides, and tail.
- The edge of the Kaiparowits Plateau bounds the opposite side of the valley.
- The edge is jagged because the two sides are slant and this is a gif image.
- A peripheral rim fits snugly about the outer edge on one side of the wheel.
- The sensing unit senses the position of the lateral edge of the travelling web.
- Kopff lies along the eastern inner edge, and Maunder on the northern inner side.