edge
To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular directionTo move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
» I was on edge.
Я був на межі.
Я була на межі
Meaning
11 senses(transitive)To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
He edged the book across the table.
The muggers edged her into an alley and demanded money.
(intransitive)To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
He edged away from her.
schieben, verschieben
To win by a small margin.
(transitive)To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
(transitive)To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
(transitive)To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
provide with an edge
(transitive)To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
(transitive)To form a border to; to enclose, to border.
provide with a border or edge
(figuratively)To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
(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
Jimmy has been edging for 6 hours straight; is his dick okay?
(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.
They say no Internet is better than slow Internet, cause at least your browser doesn't edge you every time you try to load a page.
Examples
475 sentencesI was on edge.
Я був на межі.
We have the edge on them.
deWir sind ihnen gegenüber im Vorteil.
My knife has lost its edge.
ruМой нож затупился.
deMein Messer schneidet nicht mehr.
I've been on edge all day.
ruЯ весь день был как на иголках.
Tom appears to be on edge.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English egge, from Old English eċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju, from ProtFrom Middle English egge, from Old English eċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju, from Proto-Germanic *agjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).
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Forms
edges, edging, edged, edgedPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
9 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
5 patterns- the edge of
- edge of the
- on the edge
- was on edge
- to the edge