ALL meanings of edge
edge
E e - noun edge limit, border, extremity 1
- noun edge competitive advantage 1
- noun edge narrow side 1
- noun edge sharpness of a blade 1
- noun edge sharpness of mind 1
- noun edge blade 1
- noun edge ridge of a hill 1
- intransitive verb edge move gradually 1
- transitive verb edge apply an edge to 1
- transitive verb edge trim 1
- transitive verb edge sharpen 1
- noun edge The outside limit of an object, area, or surface; a place or part farthest away from the center of something. 1
- noun edge a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges. 1
- noun edge a brink or verge: the edge of a cliff; the edge of disaster. 1
- noun edge any of the narrow surfaces of a thin, flat object: a book with gilt edges. 1
- noun edge a line at which two surfaces of a solid object meet: an edge of a box. 1
- noun edge the thin, sharp side of the blade of a cutting instrument or weapon. 1
- noun edge the sharpness proper to a blade: The knife has lost its edge. 1
- noun edge sharpness or keenness of language, argument, tone of voice, appetite, desire, etc.: The snack took the edge off his hunger. Her voice had an edge to it. 1
- noun edge British Dialect. a hill or cliff. 1
- noun edge an improved position; advantage: He gained the edge on his opponent. 1
- noun edge Cards. advantage, especially the advantage gained by being the age or eldest hand. eldest hand. 1
- noun edge Ice Skating. one of the two edges of a skate blade where the sides meet the bottom surface, made sharp by carving a groove on the bottom. 1
- noun edge Skiing. one of the two edges on the bottom of a ski that is angled into a slope when making a turn. 1
- verb with object edge to put an edge on; sharpen. 1
- verb with object edge to provide with an edge or border: to edge a terrace with shrubbery; to edge a skirt with lace. 1
- verb with object edge to make or force (one's way) gradually by moving sideways. 1
- verb with object edge Metalworking. to turn (a piece to be rolled) onto its edge. to roll (a piece set on edge). to give (a piece) a desired width by passing between vertical rolls. to rough (a piece being forged) so that the bulk is properly distributed for final forging. 1
- verb without object edge to move sideways: to edge through a crowd. 1
- verb without object edge to advance gradually or cautiously: a car edging up to a curb. 1
- idioms edge have an edge on, Informal. to be mildly intoxicated with alcoholic liquor: He had a pleasant edge on from the sherry. 1
- idioms edge on edge, (of a person or a person's nerves) acutely sensitive; nervous; tense. impatient; eager: The contestants were on edge to learn the results. 1
- idioms edge set one's teeth on edge. tooth (def 21). 1
- noun edge a line along which two faces or surfaces of a solid meet 0
- noun edge a line joining two vertices of a graph 0
- noun edge the sharp cutting side of a blade 0
- noun edge keenness, sharpness, or urgency 0
- noun edge force, effectiveness, or incisiveness 0
- noun edge a cliff, ridge, or hillside 0
- noun edge (in place names) 0
- verb edge to provide an edge or border for 0
- verb edge to shape or trim (the edge or border of something), as with a knife or scissors 0
- verb edge to push (one's way, someone, something, etc) gradually, esp edgeways 0
- verb edge to hit (a bowled ball) with the edge of the bat 0
- verb edge to tilt (a ski) sideways so that one edge digs into the snow 0
- verb edge to sharpen (a knife, etc) 0
- noun edge the thin, sharp, cutting part of a blade 0
- noun edge the quality of being sharp or keen 0
- noun edge the projecting ledge or brink, as of a cliff 0
- noun edge the part farthest from the middle; line where something begins or ends; border, or part nearest the border; margin 0