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[ noun ] the boundary of a surface
Synonyms Used in print (Successful Farming, 59:12...)Because of their location , on the edge of the feed_lot , fence-line bunks are not in_the_way_of mechanical manure removal . (James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)There at the river 's edge waited one Henry_Greene , whom Hudson listed as a `` clerk '' . (Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)Didi and Gogo hover on the edge of suicide ; Hamm 's world is death and Clov may or may_not get_out of it to join the living child outside . (R. F. Shaw, "The `Private Eye`"...)The first series of Sherlock_Holmes adventures ends with Holmes and Moriarty grappling together on the edge of a cliff . (1961 Research Highlights of the National Bureau of...)During the discharge the magnetic_forces set_up by the passage of current cause the edges of the foil to roll inward toward its center_line , thus allowing light to pass into the camera . |
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[ noun ] a line determining the limits of an area
Used in print (Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)There were not many chairs , so that some preferred to sit on the edge of the porch , resting their feet on the ground , and_others liked to sit where they could lean_back against the wall . Howard , who had been sitting against the wall , said he needed more fresh air , and took the spot on the edge of the porch where Bobby_Joe had been sitting . Related terms line periphery margin frontier rim brink thalweg lower_bound upper_bound bound |
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[ noun ] a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object
Examples "he rounded the edges of the box" Used in print (William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)According_to his own testimony , he never actually saw things as shaped but only as generally amorphous `` blots '' of color of a more_or_less indefinite size ; at their edges they slipped pretty_much out_of_focus altogether . (Christopher Davis, First Family....)He would sit , slim-waisted and spare , on the edge of Scotty 's bed , his legs crossed so elaborately that the crossed foot could tap the floor . (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)It stood some fifty paces from the edge of the bank . Watson supported the man to the edge of the bank and passed the frail figure over the bow of the nearest skiff . Related terms side curb brim leading_edge deckle_edge bezel trailing_edge milling razor_edge knife_edge featheredge bevel |
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[ verb ] advance slowly, as if by inches
Synonyms Examples "He edged towards the car" Used in print (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)Alex explained that they had been out for a stroll before breakfast while the doctor edged around behind him , attempting to hide the protuberance at his left side behind Alex 's arm and back . |
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[ noun ] the attribute of urgency
Synonyms Examples "his voice had an edge to it" Used in print (Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)The voice is light in timbre , with a rough edge that corresponds to his visage . (George Harmon Coxe, Error of Judgement....)His nerves were getting a_little ragged and his impatience put an edge in his voice . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a slight competitive advantage
Examples "he had an edge on the competition" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)I must say , however , that I preferred the acting that had something of a biting edge to it . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a strip near the boundary of an object
Synonyms Examples "he jotted a note on the margin of the page" Used in print (T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)She set the dipper on the edge of the deck , leaving it for him to stretch after it while she looked_on scornfully . |
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[ adjective ] at or constituting a border or edge
Examples "the marginal strip of beach" Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 3010
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[ verb ] lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
Examples "Canada adjoins the U.S." "England marches with Scotland" Related terms touch neighbor boundary_line boundary abutter butt_joint edging |
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