Edge

From Fresh Dictionary

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 Intransitive verb 1.6 Transitive verb

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA: /ɛʤ/

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. Shak.

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. Shak.

   In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge
   Of battle. 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. Jer. 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." Milton.
9. (cricket) The edge of a cricket bat.
10. (graph theory) Any of the pairs of vertices in a graph.

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

boundary line of a surface

Albanian: buzë f Catalan: vora f Croatian: rub m Danish: rand Esperanto: rando Finnish: reuna French: bord m German: Rand m

Hungarian: szél Italian: orlo m Portuguese: margem f Sardinian (Campidanese): vora f Spanish: orilla f Swedish: rand Telugu: ఠంచు (aMchu)

joining line between two vertices of a polygon

French: côté m Português: lado

Telugu: భుజము (bhujamu)

place where two faces of a polyhedron meet

Finnish: särmä French: côté m Português: face

an advantage

thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument

Finnish: terä Português: fio, gume Sardinian: atta f

that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply

Finnish: terä

any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge

French: bord m

Italian: bordo m

sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire

border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part

Finnish: reunus

edge of a cricket bat

in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph

See also

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

Intransitive verb

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

1. To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.

   He edged away from her.

Transitive verb

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

1. Move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.

   He edged the book across the table.

2. (cricket) To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.fa:edge

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