edge

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 See also 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Derived terms 1.6 Quotations 1.7 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English ecg. Cognate with German Ecke, Dutch egge, Swedish egg.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛʤ/, SAMPA: /EdZ/
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  Rhymes: -ɛdʒ

[edit] Noun

edge (plural edges)

1. The boundary line of a surface.
2. (geometry) The joining line between two vertices of a polygon.
3. (geometry) The place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
4. An advantage (as have the edge on)
5. 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, \ Whose edge is sharper than the sword. Shakespeare

6. Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.

   Upon the edge of yonder coppice. Shakespeare

   In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge \ Of battle. John Milton.

   Pursue even to the very edge of destruction. Sir W. Scott.

7. 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. Jeremy Taylor

8. 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." John Milton.
9. (cricket) The edge of a cricket bat.
10. (graph theory) Any of the connected pairs of vertices in a graph.
11. In male masturbation, a level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax.

[edit] Synonyms

• (advantage): advantage, gain
• (sharp terminating border): brink, lip, margin, rim
• (in graph theory): line

[edit] Derived terms

• on edge
• top edge
• bottom edge
• inside edge
• outside edge

[edit] Related terms

• edging
• edgy

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• Mathworld article on the edges of polygons
• Mathworld article on the edges of polyhedra
• Science book

[edit] Verb

to edge (third-person singular simple present edges, present participle edging, simple past and past participle edged)

1. (transitive) To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.

   He edged the book across the table.

2. (intransitive) To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.

   He edged away from her.

3. (cricket) (transitive) To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
4. (transitive) Triming the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.

[edit] Derived terms

• edge out
• edge up

[edit] Quotations

• 1925: Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), Rupert Julian (director), The Phantom of the Opera, silent movie

  In Mlle. Carlotta’s correspondence there appeared another letter, edged in black!

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: deeg
• geed