Edge
Definition of Edge
Pronunciation: ĕj n. | 1. | The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. | | 2. | Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice. | | 3. | Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire. | | 4. | The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening.on edge | a - | See to be on edge. | b - | See to set the teeth on edge. |
| v. t. | 1. | To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen. | | 2. | To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool. | | 3. | To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box. | | 4. | To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on. | | 5. | To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards. | v. i. | 1. | To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way. | | 2. | To sail close to the wind. |
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