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NOUN | 1 | edge, border | The boundary of a surface |
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2 | edge | A sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object | |
3 | edge, boundary, bound | A line determining the limits of an area | |
4 | edge, sharpness | The attribute of urgency | |
5 | edge | A slight competitive advantage | |
6 | edge, margin | A strip near the boundary of an object | |
VERB | 1 | edge, inch | Advance slowly, as if by inches |
2 | edge, border | Provide with a border or edge | |
3 | edge, border, adjoin, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on | Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | |
4 | edge | Provide with an edge |
Sounds | eh'jh |
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Rhymes | allege, dredge, fledge, and 8 more rhymes in ehjh at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The boundary of a surface. |
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Synonyms | border |
Narrower | brink; limb |
Broader | boundary, bound, bounds |
Verbs | edge |
Meaning | A sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object. |
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Examples | "he rounded the edges of the box" |
Narrower | bevel, cant, chamfer; bezel; brim, rim, lip; curb, curbing, kerb; deckle edge, deckle; featheredge; knife edge, cutting edge; leading edge; milling; razor edge; trailing edge |
Broader | side |
Verbs | edge; edge |
Meaning | A line determining the limits of an area. |
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Synonyms | boundary, bound |
Narrower | rim; margin, border, perimeter; periphery, fringe, outer boundary; brink, threshold, verge; upper bound; lower bound; thalweg |
Broader | line |
Verbs | edge |
Meaning | The attribute of urgency. |
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Examples | "his voice had an edge to it" |
Synonyms | sharpness |
Broader | urgency |
Meaning | A slight competitive advantage. |
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Examples | "he had an edge on the competition" |
Broader | superiority, favorable position, favourable position |
Meaning | A strip near the boundary of an object. |
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Synonyms | margin |
Narrower | border; molding, moulding, border; selvage, selvedge; shoulder, berm; wayside, roadside |
Broader | strip, slip |
Meaning | Advance slowly, as if by inches. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "He edged towards the car" |
Synonyms | inch |
Broader | advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on |
See also | edge in |
Meaning | Provide with a border or edge. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "edge the tablecloth with embroidery" |
Synonyms | border |
Broader | supply, provide, render, furnish |
Nouns | edger; edge; edge; edger |
Meaning | Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
Synonyms | border, adjoin, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on |
Narrower | neighbor, neighbour |
Broader | touch, adjoin, meet, contact |
Nouns | edging; edge |
Meaning | Provide with an edge. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "edge a blade" |
Broader | sharpen |
Nouns | edge |