Meaning

11 senses
  1. The boundary line of a surface.

    Rand

    крайkraj, граньgranʹ, кро́мкаkrómka

    крайkraj, граньhranʹ

    the boundary 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.

    Seite, Kante, Kante

    ребро́rebró, граньgranʹ, ребро́rebró

    ребро́rebró

  3. An advantage.

    I have the edge on him.

    Vorsprung, Vorteil

    преиму́ществоpreimúščestvo

    перевагаperevaha

    a slight competitive advantage

  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.

    There was an unmistakable edge to her remarks.

    Klinge, Schneide

    ле́звиеlézvije, остриёostrijó, граньgranʹ

    вістряvistrja, лезоlezo

  5. 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

  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

    ребро́rebró

  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.

    Kante

    граньgranʹ, ребро́rebró

    граньhranʹ, ребро́rebró

  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.

Examples

475 sentences
  1. I was on edge.

    Я був на межі. — deniko

  2. We have the edge on them.

    deWir sind ihnen gegenüber im Vorteil. — Tamy

  3. My knife has lost its edge.

    ruМой нож затупился. — Balamax

    deMein Messer schneidet nicht mehr. — MUIRIEL

  4. I've been on edge all day.

    ruЯ весь день был как на иголках. — odexed

  5. Tom appears to be on edge.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
boundary line of a surface:
joining line between two vertices of a polygon:
an advantage:
thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument:
Русский
By meaning 4
boundary line of a surface:
joining line between two vertices of a polygon:
an advantage:
thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
boundary line of a surface:
joining line between two vertices of a polygon:
an advantage:
thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument:

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

plural: edges
Singularedge
Pluraledges

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
in graph theory:lineA1
Close in meaning

Word family

68 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • the edge of
  • edge of the
  • on the edge
  • was on edge
  • to the edge

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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