EGAVE

edge

About 42.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The boundary line of a surface.
  2. noun 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.
  3. noun An advantage.
    I have the edge on him.
  4. noun 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.
    Speaking with a metallic edge to her voice.
  5. noun A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
    The cup is right on the edge of the table.
  6. noun Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
    After the timeout there was a new edge to the team's play.
  7. noun The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)
    in the edge of evening
  8. noun A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.

Similar words

boundary border abut peripheral adjoin marginal margin fringe fringy bound

Often followed by

of and to is in on with or over

Word family

edged edgeless edges edging

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