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    edge
    /ej/

    noun

    verb

    • 1. provide with a border or edge: "the pool is edged with paving" Similar borderfringerimverge
    • 2. move gradually, carefully, or furtively in a particular direction: "she tried to edge away from him" Similar creepinch (one's way)worm (one's way)work (one's way)

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  2. the outer or furthest point of something: edge of He put pink icing around the edge of the cake. They built the church on the edge of the village. A man was standing at the water's edge with a small boy. I caught (= hit) my leg on the edge of the table as I walked past. Synonyms. brink. margin (OUTER PART) periphery.

  3. The meaning of EDGE is the cutting side of a blade. How to use edge in a sentence. the cutting side of a blade; the sharpness of a blade; force, effectiveness…

  4. An edge is the boundary line of a surface or plane: the edge of a table. border is the boundary of a surface or the strip adjacent to it, inside or out: a border of lace. margin is a limited strip, generally unoccupied, at the extremity of an area: the margin of a page.

  5. The place where something begins or ends is called the edge. If you get too close to a cliff’s edge, you might fall off it. Going to the water's edge is not so dangerous.

  6. An edge is the boundary line of a surface or plane: the edge of a table. Border is the boundary of a surface or the strip adjacent to it, inside or out: a border of lace. Margin is a limited strip, generally unoccupied, at the extremity of an area: the margin of a page. Discover More.

  7. to make something less strong, less bad, etc. The sandwich took the edge off my appetite. I took an aspirin to take the edge off the pain. A squeeze of lemon takes the edge off the sweetness.

  8. verb. uk / edʒ / us. edge (sth) up/down/past, etc. to move somewhere gradually, or to make something move somewhere gradually: She edged her way through the crowd of reporters. [ T ] to put something around the edge of something else as a decoration: The cloth was edged with gold.

  9. Definition of edge noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. edge. noun. /edʒ/ Idioms. [countable] the outside limit of an object, a surface or an area; the part furthest from the centre. I gripped the edge of my desk to steady myself. the first spacecraft to travel to the edge of the solar system.

  10. a line at which two surfaces of a solid object meet: an edge of a box. the thin, sharp side of the blade of a cutting instrument or weapon. the sharpness proper to a blade: The knife has lost its edge.

  11. Definition of edge verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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