edge
noun
1 edge
The boundary of a surface.
synonym: border.
Roget 206:
height,
altitude,
elevation;
eminence,
pitch;
loftiness
etc.
adj.;
sublimity.
tallness
etc.
adj.;
stature,
procerity†;
prominence
etc.
250.
colossus
etc.
(size)
192;
giant,
grenadier,
giraffe,
camelopard.
mount,
mountain;
hill alto,
butte [U.S.],
monticle†,
fell,
knap†;
cape;
headland,
foreland†;
promontory;
ridge,
hog's back,
dune;
rising ground,
vantage ground;
down;
moor,
moorland;
Alp;
uplands,
highlands;
heights
etc.
(summit)
210;
knob,
loma†,
pena [U.S.],
picacho†,
tump†;
knoll,
hummock,
hillock,
barrow,
mound,
mole;
steeps,
bluff,
cliff,
craig†,
tor†,
peak,
pike,
clough†;
escarpment,
edge,
ledge,
brae;
dizzy height.
tower,
pillar,
column,
obelisk,
monument,
steeple,
spire,
minaret,
campanile,
turret,
dome,
cupola;
skyscraper.
pole,
pikestaff,
maypole,
flagstaff;
top mast,
topgallant mast.
ceiling
etc.
(covering)
223.
high water;
high tide,
flood tide,
spring tide.
altimetry
etc.
(angel)
244†;
batophobia†.
satellite,
spy-in-the-sky.
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Roget 171:
energy,
physical energy,
force,
power
etc.
157;
keenness
etc.
adj.;
intensity,
vigor,
strength,
elasticity;
go;
high pressure;
fire;
rush.
acrimony,
acritude†;
causiticity†,
virulence;
poignancy;
harshness
etc.
adj.;
severity,
edge,
point;
pungency
etc.
392.
cantharides;
seasoning
etc.
(condiment)
393.
activity,
agitation,
effervescence;
ferment,
fermentation;
ebullition,
splutter,
perturbation,
stir,
bustle;
voluntary energy
etc.
682;
quicksilver.
resolution
etc.
(mental energy)
604;
exertion
etc.
(effort)
686;
excitation
etc.
(mental)
824.
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Roget 231:
edge,
verge,
brink,
brow,
brim,
margin,
border,
confine,
skirt,
rim,
flange,
side,
mouth;
jaws,
chops,
chaps,
fauces;
lip,
muzzle.
threshold,
door,
porch;
portal
etc.
(opening)
260;
coast,
shore.
frame,
fringe,
flounce,
frill,
list,
trimming,
edging,
skirting,
hem,
selvedge,
welt,
furbelow,
valance,
gimp.
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Dutch: contour, kant, rand
2 edge
A line determining the limits of an area.
synonyms: bound, boundary.
Dutch: grens, grenslijn, grenslinie
3 edge
A sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object.
Dutch: zijde, tak, lijn, voorsprong, kant, grens, richel
Polish: brzeg, krawędź
4 edge
The attribute of urgency in tone of voice:
— His voice had an edge to it.
synonym: sharpness.
Dutch: scherpte
5 edge
A slight competitive advantage.
6 edge
The outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something.
Dutch: rand
Polish: brzeg, skraj, kraniec
verb
1 edge
Advance slowly, as if by inches:
— He edged towards the car.
synonym: inch.
2 edge
Provide with a border or edge:
— Edge the tablecloth with embroidery.
synonym: border.
3 edge
4 edge
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