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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishegge, fromOld Englisheċġ, fromProto-West Germanic*aggju, fromProto-Germanic*agjō, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-(“sharp”).

See alsoDutchegge,GermanEcke,Swedishegg,Norwegianegg; alsoWelshhogi(“to sharpen, hone”),Latinaciēs(“sharp”),acus(“needle”),Latvianašs,ass(“sharp”),Ancient Greekἀκίς(akís,“needle”),ἀκμή(akmḗ,“point”), andPersianآس(âs,“grinding stone”)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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edge (pluraledges)

  1. Theboundary line of asurface.
  2. (geometry) Aone-dimensionalface of apolytope. In particular, the joining line between twovertices of apolygon; the place where twofaces of apolyhedron meet.
  3. Anadvantage.
    I have theedge on him.
    • 2013 December, Paul Voss, “Small Drones Deserve Sensible Regulation”, inIEEE Spectrum:
      It’s no secret that the United States may be losing itsedge in civilian aviation. Nowhere is this more apparent than with small unmanned aircraft, those tiny flying robots that promise to transform agriculture, forestry, pipeline monitoring, filmmaking, and more.
    • 2017 August 25, Euan McKirdy et al, "Arrest warrant to be issued for former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra", in edition.cnn.com,CNN:
      Thitinan said Yingluck's decision to skip the verdict hearing will have "emboldened" the military government. "They would not have wanted to put her in jail, in this scenario, (but her not showing up today) puts her on the back foot and gives them anedge."
  4. (also figuratively) The thin cutting side of theblade of aninstrument, such as anax,knife,sword, orscythe; that which cuts as an edge does, orwounds deeply, etc.
    • 1611 April (first recorded performance),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene iv], line1818:
      No, 'tis slander; / Whoseedge is sharper than the sword;
    • 1833, Adam Clarke (editor),Revelations, II, 12,The New Testament,page 929:
      And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with twoedges:
    • 2024 September 9, Ellie Violet Bramley, quoting Tom Morris, “‘Just the right amount of edge’: how Marseille became 2024’s on-trend city”, inThe Guardian‎[1],→ISSN:
      Unlike a lot of the south of France, which, he said, “can be expensive, and a little too overdone and chi-chi for my tastes”, Marseille “has just the right amount ofedge while being surrounded by incredibly stunning landscapes[…].”
  5. A sharp terminating border; a margin; abrink; an extremeverge.
    The cup is right on theedge of the table.
    He is standing on theedge of a precipice.
    • c.1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act IV, scene i]:
      Here by, upon theedge of yonder coppice; / A stand, where you may make the fairest shoot.
    • 1667,John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC:
      In worst extremes, and on the perilousedge / Of battle when it rag'd, in all assaults
    • 1819 December 20 (indicated as1820),Walter Scott,Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume(please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […],→OCLC:
      they never wanted the pretext, and seldom the will, to harass and pursue, even to the veryedge of destruction, any of their less powerful neighbours
  6. Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness ofdesire.
    • a.1667,Jeremy Taylor, “Sermon X: The Faith and Patience of the Saints, Part 2”, inThe Whole Sermons of Jeremy Taylor, published1841,page69:
      Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can have, if we do not set anedge upon them by our fears and by our vices.
    • 1819 December 20 (indicated as1820),Walter Scott,Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume(please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […],→OCLC,page175:
      we are to turn the fulledge of our indignation upon the accursed instrument, which had so well nigh occasioned his utter falling away.
  7. The border or partadjacent to the line ofdivision; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)
    in theedge of evening
    • 1670,John Milton,The History of Britain,The Prose Works of John Milton, published 1853, Volume V,page 203
      supposing that the new general, unacquainted with his army, and on theedge of winter, would not hastily oppose them.
  8. (cricket) A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
    • 2004 March 29, R. Bharat Rao Short report: Ind-Pak T1D2 Session 1 in rec.sports.cricket, Usenet
      Finally anotheredge for 4, this time dropped by the keeper
  10. (graph theory) A connected pair ofvertices in agraph.
  11. A level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching thepoint of inevitability, orclimax.
  12. (computing, often attributive) The point ofdataproduction in anorganization (the focus ofedge computing), as opposed to thecloud.
    • 2022, Sergio Mendez,Edge Computing Systems with Kubernetes, Packt Publishing Ltd,→ISBN,page 5:
      Remember that edge computing refers to data that is processed onedge devices before the result goes to its destination, which could be on a public or private cloud.

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Hyponyms

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Translations

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boundary line of a surface
joining line between two vertices of a polygon
place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
an advantage
thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply
any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge
sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire
border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part
in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
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Verb

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edge (third-person singular simple presentedges,present participleedging,simple past and past participleedged)

  1. (transitive) Tomove anobjectslowly andcarefully in a particular direction.
    Heedged the book across the table.
    The muggersedged her into an alley and demanded money.
  2. (intransitive) Tomoveslowly andcarefully in a particular direction.
    Heedged away from her.
    • 2011 April 11,Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, inBBC Sport‎[2]:
      Carroll has beenedging slowly towards full fitness after his expensive arrival from Newcastle United and his partnership with £23m Luis Suarez showed rich promise as Liverpool controlled affairs from start to finish.
  3. (usually in the form 'just edge') Towin by a smallmargin.
  4. (cricket, transitive) To hit theball with an edge of thebat, causing afinedeflection.
  5. (transitive) Totrim themargin of alawn where thegrass meets thesidewalk, usually with anelectric orgas-powered lawnedger.
  6. (transitive) Tofurnish with an edge; toconstruct anedging.
    • 2005, Paige Gilchrist,The Big Book of Backyard Projects: Walls, Fences, Paths, Patios, Benches, Chairs & More, Section 2: Paths and Walkways,page 181,
      If you'reedging with stone, brick, or another material in a lawn area, set the upper surfaces of the edging just at or not more than ½ inch above ground level so it won't be an obstacle to lawn mowers.
  7. (transitive) Tofurnish with an edge, as atool orweapon; tosharpen.
    • 1690,[John] Dryden,Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […],→OCLC,(please specify the page number):
      Toedge her champion sword
  8. (transitive) Toform aborder to; toenclose, toborder.
  9. (figurative) To makesharp orkeen; toincite; toexasperate; togoad; tourge oregg on.
    • a.1628 (date written),John Hayward,The Life, and Raigne of KingEdward the Sixt, London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press, and J. Lichfield at Oxford?] for Iohn Partridge, […], published1630,→OCLC:
      By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the maliciousedged.
  10. (intransitive, transitive, slang) To intentionally stay or keep someone extremely close to the point oforgasm for a long period of time.
    Near-synonym:goon
    Jimmy has beenedging for 6 hours straight; is his dick okay?
    • 2011, Nicholson Baker,House of Holes‎[3], page181:
      “I think of it as mine, but, yes, it's his cock I've beenedging with. Do youedge?”
    • 2012, Ryan Field,Field of Dreams: The Very Best Stories of Ryan Field,page44:
      His mouth was open and he was still jerking his dick. Justin knew he must have beenedging by then.
    • 2016, Jenna Jacob,Lured By My Master: (The Doms of Genesis, Book 6):
      “I'm going toedge you all night long. That should take the sass out of you.”
  11. (transitive, slang, figuratively) Toagitate orexasperate (someone) due to constantdelays of something.
    When are the developers going to release the update? They've beenedging us for months with all of these trailers.
    They say no Internet is better than slow Internet, cause at least your browser doesn'tedge you every time you try to load a page.
    • 2023 July 12, @northstardoll,Twitter‎[4], archived fromthe original on10 January 2024:
      situationships are like gettingedged romantically
    • 2023 September 20, @TieflingMelissa,Twitter‎[5], archived fromthe original on10 January 2024:
      Chat's literallyEDGING ME at this point with extending the subathon what the fuck 😭😭😭
    • 2023 October 9, @wdnos,Twitter‎[6], archived fromthe original on10 January 2024:
      i love when kanyeedges me like this, he just keeps me wanting and begging for it.
    • 2023 December 6, @flwrphil,Twitter‎[7], archived fromthe original on10 January 2024:
      why do dnp feel the need toedge us with their uploading schedule? :/
    • 2024 January 4, @henryscdiaz,Twitter‎[8], archived fromthe original on10 January 2024:
      never beenedged so successfully in my life because they've GOT me hooked
    • 2024 January 6, @sigmachomper,Twitter‎[9], archived fromthe original on10 January 2024:
      You people cannot keepedging me with my follower number, it keeps getting to like 775 before falling to 769 again 😭😭

Quotations

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  • 1925, Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), Rupert Julian (director),The Phantom of the Opera, silent movie
    In Mlle. Carlotta’s correspondence there appeared another letter,edged in black!

Derived terms

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(See above.)

Translations

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to move something gradually
to delay one's orgasm
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin:寸止(cùnzhǐ)

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