edges
/ˈɛd͡ʒɪz/
edges noun: the fine hairs at the edge of someone's (usually a black woman's) hairline; baby hairs. Also the plural of edge.
Noun
edges
- The fine hairs at the edge of someone's (usually a black woman's) hairline; baby hairs.
- i never could keep my edges and kitchen / straight / even after / supercool/straighterPerm had burned / whiteness onto my scalp1969, Carolyn M. Rodgers, Songs of a Black Bird, For Sistuhs Wearin Straight Hair
- Her edges were thick and dry and the ends of her hair just as thirsty.2015, Meesha Mink, All Hail the Queen: An Urban Tale
Also used as
edges is also the plural of edge.
edges is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of edge.
edges meaning in Bengali, Telugu, Malayalam and Punjabi
edges in Bengali
- প্রান্তগুলি, প্রান্তসমূহ
edges in Telugu
- అంచులు
edges in Malayalam
- അരികുകൾ
edges in Punjabi
- ਕਿਨਾਰਿਆਂ
More languagesFewer languages
- edges in Gujarati
- કિનારીઓ
Phrases with edges
- edges in
- edges up
- edges out
- toe edges
- top edges
- drip edges
- fore edges
- free edges
- wire edges
- bleed edges
- cliff edges
- knife edges
31 more phrasesFewer phrases
- loose edges
- pearl edges
- razor edges
- rough edges
- bottom edges
- deckle edges
- inside edges
- cutting edges
- factory edges
- feather edges
- knife's edges
- leading edges
- outside edges
- sprayed edges
- water's edges
- waters' edges
- bleeding edges
- directed edges
- negative edges
- platform edges
- positive edges
- straight edges
- trailing edges
- absorption edges
- rough around the edges
- snatch someone's edges
- rougher around the edges
- snatched someone's edges
- snatches someone's edges
- roughest around the edges
- snatching someone's edges
Words that rhyme with edges
Questions about edges
- What does edges mean?
- Edges means the fine hairs at the edge of someone's (usually a black woman's) hairline; baby hairs.
- What is edges in Bengali?
- Edges in Bengali is প্রান্তগুলি, প্রান্তসমূহ. See Edges meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is edges?
- Edges is a noun.
- How do you pronounce edges?
- Edges is pronounced /ˈɛd͡ʒɪz/.
Words near edges in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: edges (page history and authors); edges (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); edges (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); edges (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); edges (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); edges (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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