edge

/ɛdʒ/ · noun

Meaning

The boundary line of a surface.
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.
An advantage.
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.
A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
(usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.

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