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edge

US/ɛd͡ʒ/ common slang
noun (6) verb (4)

noun

1.

the boundary of a surface

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2.

a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object

  • “he rounded the edges of the box”
3.

a line determining the limits of an area

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4.

the attribute of urgency

  • “his voice had an edge to it”
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5.

a slight competitive advantage

  • “he had an edge on the competition”
6.

a strip near the boundary of an object

  • “he jotted a note on the margin of the page”
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verb

1.

advance slowly, as if by inches

  • “He edged towards the car”
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2.

provide with a border or edge

  • “edge the tablecloth with embroidery”
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3.

lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

  • “Canada adjoins the U.S.”
  • “England marches with Scotland”
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4.

provide with an edge

  • “edge a blade”

Origin

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, Danish æg, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish 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”)).

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