edge

UK/ɛd͡ʒ/

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Australia/ed͡ʒ/

edge noun: the boundary line of a surface.

Noun (1)

edge (plural edges)

The boundary line 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.
An advantage.
- I have the edge on him.
- It’s no secret that the United States may be losing its edge in civilian aviation. Nowhere is this more apparent than with small unmanned aircraft, those tiny flying robots that promise to transform agriculture, forestry, pipeline monitoring, filmmaking, and more.2013 December, Paul Voss, “Small Drones Deserve Sensible Regulation”, in IEEE Spectrum
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advantage, gain
(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.
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.
Synonyms:

brink, boundary, lip, margin, rim, verge, termination
Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
- After the timeout there was a new edge to the team's play.
- Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can have, if we do not set an edge upon them by our fears and by our vices.a. 1667, Jeremy Taylor, “Sermon X: The Faith and Patience of the Saints, Part 2”, in The Whole Sermons of Jeremy Taylor, published 1841, page 69
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
- supposing that the new general, unacquainted with his army, and on the edge of winter, would not hastily oppose them.1670, John Milton, The History of Britain, The Prose Works of John Milton, published 1853, Volume V, page 203
A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
- Finally another edge for 4, this time dropped by the keeper2004 March 29, R. Bharat Rao Short report: Ind-Pak T1D2 Session 1 in rec.sports.cricket, Usenet
A connected pair of vertices in a graph.

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line
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.
- Remember that edge computing refers to data that is processed on edge devices before the result goes to its destination, which could be on a public or private cloud.2022, Sergio Mendez, Edge Computing Systems with Kubernetes, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 5
- That speaks to another unknown that might work in Apple's favour: the move towards “edge AI”, or models run on local devices.2026 March 28, John Foley, “Can Big Tech profit from AI spree?”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7

Verb

edge (third-person singular simple present edges, present participle edging, simple past and past participle edged)

(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.
- Carroll has been edging slowly towards full fitness after his expensive arrival from Newcastle United and his partnership with £23m Luis Suarez showed rich promise as Liverpool controlled affairs from start to finish.2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport
(usually in the form 'just edge') 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.
- If you're edging with stone, brick, or another material in a lawn area, set the upper surfaces of the edging just at or not more than ½ inch above ground level so it won't be an obstacle to lawn mowers.2005, Paige Gilchrist, The Big Book of Backyard Projects: Walls, Fences, Paths, Patios, Benches, Chairs & More, Section 2: Paths and Walkways, page 181
(transitive) To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
- To edge her champion sword1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number)
(transitive) To form a border to; to enclose, to border.
- Edged rather than washed by the river Ganges, it trails for a couple of miles along the bank, scarcely distinguishable from the rubbish it deposits so freely.1924 June 4, E[dward] M[organ] Forster, chapter I, in A Passage to India, London: Edward Arnold & Co., →OCLC, part I (Mosque), page 5
(figuratively) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
- By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the malicious edged.a. 1628 (date written), John Hayward, The Life, and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt, London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press, and J. Lichfield at Oxford?] for Iohn Partridge, […], published 1630, →OCLC
(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?
Synonyms:

goon
(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.

Proper noun capitalized: Edge

Edge

A surname.
Microsoft Edge.
A village in Painswick parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8409).
A hamlet in Pontesbury parish, south of Yockleton, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3908).
An unincorporated community in Brazos County, Texas, United States, founded by Dr. John Edge.

Noun (2) capitalized: EDGE

EDGE (uncountable)

(abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution.
(scouting) Explain, demonstrate, guide, enable; an educating method.
(gridiron football) Notation for an edge rusher.

edge meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam

edge in Hindi

boundary line of a surface: किनारा kinārā, कोना konā

edge in Urdu

boundary line of a surface: کنارہ kanāra

edge in Telugu

boundary line of a surface: అంచు añcu
joining line between two vertices of a polygon: భుజము bhujamu

edge in Malayalam

boundary line of a surface: വക്ക് vakkŭ, അറ്റം aṟṟaṁ

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edge in Sanskrit: धारा dhārā
edge in Malay: pinggir, sisi
edge in Persian: کنار kenâr, ضلع, یال
edge in Thai: ขอบ kɔ̀ɔp, คม kom
edge in Vietnamese: rìa, cạnh, mép, lưỡi dao
edge in Myanmar: စပ် cap

Examples of edge in a sentence

"They would not have wanted to put her in jail, in this scenario, (but her not showing up today) puts her on the back foot and gives them an edge."2017 August 25, Euan McKirdy et al, "Arrest warrant to be issued for former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra", in edition.cnn.com, CNN
No, 'tis slander; / Whose edge is sharper than the sword;1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories...
And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges:1833, Adam Clarke (editor), Revelations, II, 12, The New Testament, page 929
Here by, upon the edge of yonder coppice; / A stand, where you may make the fairest shoot.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […]...

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Synonyms of edge

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Forms of edge

Noun
plural	edges
Verb
third-person singular present	edges
present participle	edging
past participle	edged
past	edged

Past tense of edge: edged

Plural of edge: edges

Origin of edge

From Middle English egge, from Old English eċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju, from Proto-Germanic *agjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). See also Dutch egge, German Ecke, Danish æg, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish egg; also Welsh hogi (“to sharpen, hone”), Latin aciēs (“sharp”), acus (“needle”), Latvian ašs, ass (“sharp”), Ancient Greek ἀκίς (akís, “needle”), ἀκμή (akmḗ, “point”), and Persian آس (âs, “grinding stone”)).

English topographic surname, derived from the noun edge. Compare Eck.

Phrases with edge

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Words that rhyme with edge

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Questions about edge

What does edge mean?: Edge means the boundary line of a surface.
What is edge in Hindi?: Edge in Hindi is किनारा (kinārā), कोना (konā). See Edge meaning in Hindi.
How do you use edge in a sentence?: "They would not have wanted to put her in jail, in this scenario, (but her not showing up today) puts her on the back foot and gives them an edge."
What part of speech is edge?: Edge can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce edge?: Edge is pronounced /ɛd͡ʒ/ (UK).
What is the plural of edge?: The plural of edge is edges.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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