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Edge
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- 1 A surname.
- 2 Microsoft Edge.
- 3 A place name:; A village in Painswick parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8409).
- 4 A place name:; A hamlet in Pontesbury parish, south of Yockleton, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3908).
- 5 A place name:; An unincorporated community in Brazos County, Texas, United States, founded by Dr. John Edge.
- 1 The boundary line of a surface.
- 2 Acronym of Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
- 3 a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object wordnet
- 4 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.
- 5 Explain, demonstrate, guide, enable; an educating method. uncountable
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- 6 the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something wordnet
- 7 An advantage.
"I have the edge on him."
- 8 Notation for an edge rusher. uncountable
- 9 a slight competitive advantage wordnet
- 10 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. also, figuratively
"No, 'tis slander; / Whose edge is sharper than the sword;"
- 11 the attribute of urgency in tone of voice wordnet
- 12 A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
"The cup is right on the edge of the table."
- 13 the boundary of a surface wordnet
- 14 Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
"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."
- 15 a line determining the limits of an area wordnet
- 16 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"
- 17 A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
"2004 March 29, R. Bharat Rao Short report: Ind-Pak T1D2 Session 1 in rec.sports.cricket, Usenet Finally another edge for 4, this time dropped by the keeper"
- 18 A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
- 19 A level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax.
- 20 The point of data production in an organization (the focus of edge computing), as opposed to the cloud. attributive, often
"Remember that edge computing refers to data that is processed on edge devices before the result goes to its destination, which could be on a public or private cloud."
- 1 To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction. transitive
"He edged the book across the table."
- 2 provide with an edge wordnet
- 3 To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction. intransitive
"He edged away from her."
- 4 lie adjacent to another or share a boundary wordnet
- 5 To win by a small margin.
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- 6 advance slowly, as if by inches wordnet
- 7 To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection. transitive
- 8 provide with a border or edge wordnet
- 9 To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger. transitive
- 10 To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging. transitive
"2005, Paige Gilchrist, The Big Book of Backyard Projects: Walls, Fences, Paths, Patios, Benches, Chairs & More, Section 2: Paths and Walkways, page 181, If you're edging with stone, brick, or another material in a lawn area, set the upper surfaces of the edging just at or not more than ½ inch above ground level so it won't be an obstacle to lawn mowers."
- 11 To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen. transitive
"To edge her champion sword"
- 12 To form a border to; to enclose, to border. transitive
"Edged rather than washed by the river Ganges, it trails for a couple of miles along the bank, scarcely distinguishable from the rubbish it deposits so freely."
- 13 To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on. figuratively
"By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the malicious edged."
- 14 To intentionally stay or keep someone extremely close to the point of orgasm for a long period of time. intransitive, slang, transitive
"Near-synonym: goon"
- 15 To agitate or exasperate (someone) due to constant delays of something. figuratively, slang, transitive
"When are the developers going to release the update? They've been edging us for months with all of these trailers."
Etymology
From Middle English egge, from Old English eċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju, from Proto-Germanic *agjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). See also Dutch egge, German Ecke, Swedish egg, Norwegian egg; also Welsh hogi (“to sharpen, hone”), Latin aciēs (“sharp”), acus (“needle”), Latvian ašs, ass (“sharp”), Ancient Greek ἀκίς (akís, “needle”), ἀκμή (akmḗ, “point”), and Persian آس (âs, “grinding stone”)).
From Middle English egge, from Old English eċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju, from Proto-Germanic *agjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). See also Dutch egge, German Ecke, Swedish egg, Norwegian egg; also Welsh hogi (“to sharpen, hone”), Latin aciēs (“sharp”), acus (“needle”), Latvian ašs, ass (“sharp”), Ancient Greek ἀκίς (akís, “needle”), ἀκμή (akmḗ, “point”), and Persian آس (âs, “grinding stone”)).
English topographic surname, derived from the noun edge. Compare Eck.
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