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English
Etymology
OE. ecg. Cognate with German Ecke, Dutch egge, Swedish egg#Swedish|egg.
Pronunciation
IPA|/Éʤ/, SAMPA|/EdZ?/
audio|en-us-edge.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ÉdÊ|-ÉdÊ
Noun
en-noun
- The boundary line of a surface.
- geometry The joining line between two vertex|vertices of a polygon.
- geometry The place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
- An advantage (as have the edge on)
- The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
#:He which hath the sharp sword with two edges. Rev. ii. 12.
#:Slander,<BR> Whose edge is sharper than the sword. Shak.
- Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.
#:Upon the edge of yonder coppice. Shak.
#:In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge<BR> Of battle. Milton.
#:Pursue even to the very edge of destruction. Sir W. Scott.
- Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
#:The full edge of our indignation. Sir W. Scott.
#: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. Jer. Taylor.
- The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening. "On the edge of winter." Milton.
- cricket The edge of a cricket bat.
- graphtheory Any of the connected pairs of vertex|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.
Synonyms
(advantage): advantage, gain
(sharp terminating border): brink, lip, margin, rim
(in graph theory): line
Derived terms
on edge
on the edge
top edge
bottom edge
inside edge
outside edge
Related terms
edging
edgy
Translations
trans-top|boundary line of a surface
Albanian: t-|sq|buzë|f|xs=Albanian
Catalan: vora f
Croatian: t-|hr|rub|m
Czech: t-|cs|hrana|f
Danish: t-|da|rand
Esperanto: t-|eo|rando|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|reuna
French: t+|fr|bord|m
German: t+|de|Rand|m
Greek: άκÏη (akre) f, ÏÎµÎ¯Î»Î¿Ï (khilos) n
trans-mid
Hungarian: t+|hu|szél
Italian: t+|it|orlo|m, t+|it|bordo|m
Kurdish: t+|ku|ÙÙâراغ|sc=KUchar
Norwegian: t-|no|kant|m
Polish: krawÄdź f
Portuguese: margem f
Sardinian (Campidanese): vora f
Slovak: t-|sk|hrana|f
Spanish: t-|es|orilla|f
Swedish: t+|sv|rand
Telugu: à°à°à°à± (aMchu)
Chinese: è¾¹ç
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trans-top|joining line between two vertices of a polygon
Czech: t-|cs|hrana|f
French: t+|fr|côté|m
Greek: ακμή (akme) f
trans-mid
Japanese: 辺 (hen)
Norwegian: t-|no|sidekant|m
Polish: krawÄdź f
Português: lado
Spanish: t+|es|lado|m
Telugu: à°à±à°à°®à± (bhujamu)
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trans-top|place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
Czech: t-|cs|hrana|f
Finnish: särmä
French: t+|fr|côté|m
Português: face
Spanish: t+|es|arista|f
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|an advantage
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
Chinese: å
Finnish: t-|fi|terä
Greek: t+|el|κÏÏη|f|trkopsi|scGrek
Kurdish: t+|ku|دÙâÙ|sc=KUchar
Norwegian: t+|no|egg|m
trans-mid
Português: fio, gume
Sardinian: atta f
Polish: ostrze n
Spanish: t+|es|filo|m
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trans-top|that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply
Finnish: t-|fi|terä
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge
French: t+|fr|bord|m
trans-mid
Italian: t+|it|bordo|m
Spanish: t-|es|borde|m
trans-bottom
trans-top|sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part
Finnish: reunus
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|edge of a cricket bat
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
Croatian: t-|hr|brid|m
Czech: t-|cs|hrana|f
trans-mid
Japanese: 辺 (hen)
trans-bottom
See also
Mathworld article on the edges of polygons
Mathworld article on the edges of polyhedra
Science book
Verb
en-verb|edg|ing
- transitive To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
#:He edged the book across the table.
- intransitive To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
#:He edged away from her.
- (cricket) transitive To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
- transitive Triming the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
Derived terms
edge out
Quotations
1925: Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), Rupert Julian (director), The Phantom of the Opera, silent movie
:In Mlle. Carlottaâs correspondence there appeared another letter, edged in black!
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