edge

noun edges

1. The boundary line of a surface.
2. 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. An advantage. I have the edge on him.

   Similar: advantage, gain

4. also, figuratively 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. A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge. The cup is right on the edge of the table.

   Similar: brink, boundary, lip, margin, rim, verge, termination

6. Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire. After the timeout there was a new edge to the team's play.
7. 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. 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 another edge for 4, this time dropped by the keeper
9. A connected pair of vertices in a graph.

   Similar: line

10. A level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax.
11. attributive, often The point of data production in an organization (the focus of edge computing), as opposed to the cloud. Remember that edge computing refers to data that is processed on edge devices before the result goes to its destination, which could be on a public or private cloud.

Opposite: center

verb edges · edging · edged

1. transitive To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction. He edged the book across the table.
2. intransitive To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction. He edged away from her.
3. To win by a small margin.
4. transitive To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
5. transitive To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
6. transitive To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging. 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're edging 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
7. transitive To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen. To edge her champion sword
8. transitive To form a border to; to enclose, to border. Edged rather than washed by the river Ganges, it trails for a couple of miles along the bank, scarcely distinguishable from the rubbish it deposits so freely.
9. figuratively To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on. By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the malicious edged.
10. intransitive, slang, transitive To intentionally stay or keep someone extremely close to the point of orgasm for a long period of time. Near-synonym: goon

    Similar: goon

11. figuratively, slang, transitive To agitate or exasperate (someone) due to constant delays of something. When are the developers going to release the update? They've been edging us for months with all of these trailers.

noun

1. abbreviation, acronym, uncountable Acronym of Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution
2. uncountable Explain, demonstrate, guide, enable; an educating method.
3. uncountable Notation for an edge rusher.

proper noun

1. A surname.
2. Microsoft Edge.
3. A village in Painswick parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8409).
4. A hamlet in Pontesbury parish, south of Yockleton, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3908).
5. An unincorporated community in Brazos County, Texas, United States, founded by Dr. John Edge.