B1verb · transitive · frequent

edge

edge · edges · edged · edging

маршировать

schieben, verschieben

To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular directionTo move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.

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/ɛd͡ʒ/

» 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 sentences

I was on edge.
Я був на межі.
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We have the edge on them.
deWir sind ihnen gegenüber im Vorteil.
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My knife has lost its edge.
ruМой нож затупился.
deMein Messer schneidet nicht mehr.
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I've been on edge all day.
ruЯ весь день был как на иголках.
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Tom appears to be on edge.
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Translations

1 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to move something gradually:

Origin

From Middle English egge, from Old English eċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju, from Prot

From 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, edged

Base form	edge · to edge
3rd person singular	edges
Present participle	edging
Past simple	edged
Past participle	edged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	edge
he, she, it	edges

Past simpleLesson

all persons

edged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have edged
he, she, it	has edged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will edge

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

9 synonyms

goon

Close in meaning

advance slowly, as if by inches:inch
provide with a border or edge:border
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary:border adjoin abut march butt butt against butt on

Word family

2 related words

Relatededger edging

Lessons 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