edge
The boundary line of a surfaceThe boundary line of a surface.
» I was on edge.
Я був на межі.
Я була на межі
Meaning
11 sensesThe boundary line of a surface.
Rand
крайkraj, граньgranʹ, кро́мкаkrómka
крайkraj, граньhranʹ
the boundary of a surface
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.
Seite, Kante, Kante
ребро́rebró, граньgranʹ, ребро́rebró
ребро́rebró
An advantage.
I have the edge on him.
Vorsprung, Vorteil
преиму́ществоpreimúščestvo
перевагаperevaha
a slight competitive advantage
(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.
There was an unmistakable edge to her remarks.
Klinge, Schneide
ле́звиеlézvije, остриёostrijó, граньgranʹ
вістряvistrja, лезоlezo
A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
The cup is right on the edge of the table.
He is standing on the edge of a precipice.
граньgranʹ, крайkraj, кро́мкаkrómka
Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
After the timeout there was a new edge to the team's play.
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
ребро́rebró
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
A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
Kante
граньgranʹ, ребро́rebró
граньhranʹ, ребро́rebró
A level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax.
(attributive, often)The point of data production in an organization (the focus of edge computing), as opposed to the cloud.
Examples
475 sentencesI was on edge.
Я був на межі. — deniko
We have the edge on them.
deWir sind ihnen gegenüber im Vorteil. — Tamy
My knife has lost its edge.
ruМой нож затупился. — Balamax
deMein Messer schneidet nicht mehr. — MUIRIEL
I've been on edge all day.
ruЯ весь день был как на иголках. — odexed
Tom appears to be on edge.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 4
By meaning 4
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
plural: edgesSynonyms
13 synonymsWord family
68 related wordsCollocations
5 patterns- the edge of
- edge of the
- on the edge
- was on edge
- to the edge