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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Edge \Edge\ ([e^]j), n. [OE. eg, egge, AS. ecg; akin to OHG.
     ekka, G. ecke, Icel. & Sw. egg, Dan. eg, and to L. acies, Gr.
     'akh` point, Skr. a[,c]ri edge. [root]1. Cf. Egg, v. t.,
     Eager, Ear spike of corn, Acute.]
     1. The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as,
        the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence,
        (figuratively), that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds
        deeply, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He which hath the sharp sword with two edges. --Rev.
                                                    ii. 12.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Slander,
              Whose edge is sharper than the sword. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme
        verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Upon the edge of yonder coppice.      --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge
              Of battle.                            --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Pursue even to the very edge of destruction. --Sir
                                                    W. Scott.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness;
        intenseness of desire.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The full edge of our indignation.     --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              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.               --Jer. Taylor.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the
        beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening. ``On
        the edge of winter.'' --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Edge joint (Carp.), a joint formed by two edges making a
        corner.
  
     Edge mill, a crushing or grinding mill in which stones roll
        around on their edges, on a level circular bed; -- used
        for ore, and as an oil mill. Called also Chilian mill.
        
  
     Edge molding (Arch.), a molding whose section is made up of
        two curves meeting in an angle.
  
     Edge plane.
        (a) (Carp.) A plane for edging boards.
        (b) (Shoemaking) A plane for edging soles.
  
     Edge play, a kind of swordplay in which backswords or
        cutlasses are used, and the edge, rather than the point,
        is employed.
  
     Edge rail. (Railroad)
        (a) A rail set on edge; -- applied to a rail of more depth
            than width.
        (b) A guard rail by the side of the main rail at a switch.
            --Knight.
  
     Edge railway, a railway having the rails set on edge.
  
     Edge stone, a curbstone.
  
     Edge tool.
        (a) Any tool or instrument having a sharp edge intended
            for cutting.
        (b) A tool for forming or dressing an edge; an edging
            tool.
  
     To be on edge,
        (a) to be eager, impatient, or anxious.
        (b) to be irritable or nervous.
  
     on edge,
        (a) See to be on edge.
        (b) See to set the teeth on edge.
  
     To set the teeth on edge,
        (a) to cause a disagreeable tingling sensation in the
            teeth, as by bringing acids into contact with them.
            [archaic] --Bacon.
        (b) to produce a disagreeable or unpleasant sensation; to
            annoy or repel; -- often used of sounds; as, the
            screeching of of the subway train wheels sets my teeth
            on edge.
            [1913 Webster +PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Edge \Edge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Edged; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Edging.]
     1. To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To edge her champion's sword.         --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress;
        to edge a garden with box.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Hills whose tops were edged with groves. --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to
        exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the
              malicious edged.                      --Hayward.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing
        forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards.
        --Locke.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Edge \Edge\, v. i.
     1. To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this
        way.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To sail close to the wind.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I must edge up on a point of wind.    --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To edge away or To edge off (Naut.), to increase the
        distance gradually from the shore, vessel, or other
        object.
  
     To edge down (Naut.), to approach by slow degrees, as when
        a sailing vessel approaches an object in an oblique
        direction from the windward.
  
     To edge in, to get in edgewise; to get in by degrees.
  
     To edge in with, as with a coast or vessel (Naut.), to
        advance gradually, but not directly, toward it.
        [1913 Webster]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) :   [ vera ]

  EDGE
       Enhanced Data rate for GSM Evolution (GSM, mobile-systems)
       
       

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Edge \Edge\, n. [OE. eg, egge, AS. ecg; akin to OHG. ekka, G.
     ecke, Icel. & Sw. egg, Dan. eg, and to L. acies, Gr. ? point,
     Skr. a?ri edge. ??. Cf. Egg, v. t., Eager, Ear spike of
     corn, Acute.]
     1. The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as,
        the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence,
        figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds
        deeply, etc.
  
              He which hath the sharp sword with two edges. --Rev.
                                                    ii. 12.
  
              Slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     2. Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme
        verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.
  
              Upon the edge of yonder coppice.      --Shak.
  
              In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge Of
              battle.                               --Milton.
  
              Pursue even to the very edge of destruction. --Sir
                                                    W. Scott.
  
     3. Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness;
        intenseness of desire.
  
              The full edge of our indignation.     --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
  
              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.               --Jer. Taylor.
  
     4. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the
        beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening. ``On
        the edge of winter.'' --Milton.
  
     Edge joint (Carp.), a joint formed by two edges making a
        corner.
  
     Edge mill, a crushing or grinding mill in which stones roll
        around on their edges, on a level circular bed; -- used
        for ore, and as an oil mill. Called also Chilian mill.
        
  
     Edge molding (Arch.), a molding whose section is made up of
        two curves meeting in an angle.
  
     Edge plane.
        (a) (Carp.) A plane for edging boards.
        (b) (Shoemaking) A plane for edging soles.
  
     Edge play, a kind of swordplay in which backswords or
        cutlasses are used, and the edge, rather than the point,
        is employed.
  
     Edge rail. (Railroad)
        (a) A rail set on edge; -- applied to a rail of more depth
            than width.
        (b) A guard rail by the side of the main rail at a switch.
            --Knight.
  
     Edge railway, a railway having the rails set on edge.
  
     Edge stone, a curbstone.
  
     Edge tool.
        (a) Any tool instrument having a sharp edge intended for
            cutting.
        (b) A tool for forming or dressing an edge; an edging
            tool.
  
     To be on edge, to be eager, impatient, or anxious.
  
     To set the teeth on edge, to cause a disagreeable tingling
        sensation in the teeth, as by bringing acids into contact
        with them. --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Edge \Edge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Edged; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Edging.]
     1. To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
  
              To edge her champion's sword.         --Dryden.
  
     2. To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.
  
     3. To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress;
        to edge a garden with box.
  
              Hills whose tops were edged with groves. --Pope.
  
     4. To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to
        exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on. [Obs.]
  
              By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the
              malicious edged.                      --Hayward.
  
     5. To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing
        forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards.
        --Locke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Edge \Edge\, v. i.
     1. To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this
        way.
  
     2. To sail close to the wind.
  
              I must edge up on a point of wind.    --Dryden.
  
     To edge away or off (Naut.), to increase the distance
        gradually from the shore, vessel, or other object.
  
     To edge down (Naut.), to approach by slow degrees, as when
        a sailing vessel approaches an object in an oblique
        direction from the windward.
  
     To edge in, to get in edgewise; to get in by degrees.
  
     To edge in with, as with a coast or vessel (Naut.), to
        advance gradually, but not directly, toward it.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  edge
       n 1: the boundary of a surface [syn: border]
       2: a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of
          an object; "he rounded the edges of the box"
       3: a line determining the limits of an area [syn: boundary, bound]
       4: the attribute of urgency; "his voice had an edge to it"
          [syn: sharpness]
       5: a slight competitive advantage; "he had an edge on the
          competition"
       6: a strip near the boundary of an object; "he jotted a note on
          the margin of the page" [syn: margin]
       v 1: advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car"
            [syn: inch]
       2: provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with
          embroidery" [syn: border]
       3: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins
          the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: border,
           adjoin, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt
          on]
       4: provide with an edge; "edge a blade"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  edge
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 η άκρη, το άκρο
     2 η κόψη
     3 (ετ μτφρ en) στο χείλος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  edge
     n.
     1 The boundary line of a surface.
     2 (lb en geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In
  particular, the joining line between two vertex of a polygon; the place
  where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
     3 An advantage.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To move an object slowly and carefully in a
  particular direction.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To move slowly and carefully in a particular
  direction.
     3 (lb en usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
     4 (lb en cricket transitive) To hit the ball with an edge of the bat,
  causing a fine deflection.
     5 (lb en transitive) To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass
  meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
     6 (lb en transitive) To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
     7 To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
     8 (lb en figurative) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate;
  to goad; to urge or egg on.
     9 (lb en intransitive slang) To delay one's orgasm so as to remain
  almost at the point of orgasm.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Edge
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (label en computing)
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20Edge

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  EDGE
     n.
     1 (lb en mobile phones) (acronym of en w:Enhanced Data Rates for GSM
  Evolution Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution)
     2 (lb en scouting education) (l en explain Explain), (l en
  demonstrate), (l en guide), (l en enable); an educating method.
     3 (lb en gridiron football) Notation for an (l en edge rusher).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  edge
     n.
     1 The boundary line of a surface.
     2 (lb en geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In
  particular, the joining line between two vertex of a polygon; the place
  where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
     3 An advantage.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To move an object slowly and carefully in a
  particular direction.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To move slowly and carefully in a particular
  direction.
     3 (lb en usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
     4 (lb en cricket transitive) To hit the ball with an edge of the bat,
  causing a fine deflection.
     5 (lb en transitive) To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass
  meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
     6 (lb en transitive) To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
     7 To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
     8 (lb en figurative) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate;
  to goad; to urge or egg on.
     9 (lb en intransitive slang) To delay one's orgasm so as to remain
  almost at the point of orgasm.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Edge
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (label en computing)
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20Edge

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  EDGE
     n.
     1 (lb en mobile phones) (acronym of en w:Enhanced Data Rates for GSM
  Evolution Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution)
     2 (lb en scouting education) (l en explain Explain), (l en
  demonstrate), (l en guide), (l en enable); an educating method.
     3 (lb en gridiron football) Notation for an (l en edge rusher).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  edge
     n.
     1 The boundary line of a surface.
     2 (lb en geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In
  particular, the joining line between two vertex of a polygon; the place
  where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
     3 An advantage.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To move an object slowly and carefully in a
  particular direction.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To move slowly and carefully in a particular
  direction.
     3 (lb en usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
     4 (lb en cricket transitive) To hit the ball with an edge of the bat,
  causing a fine deflection.
     5 (lb en transitive) To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass
  meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
     6 (lb en transitive) To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
     7 To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
     8 (lb en figurative) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate;
  to goad; to urge or egg on.
     9 (lb en intransitive slang) To delay one's orgasm so as to remain
  almost at the point of orgasm.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Edge
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (label en computing)
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20Edge

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  EDGE
     n.
     1 (lb en mobile phones) (acronym of en w:Enhanced Data Rates for GSM
  Evolution Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution)
     2 (lb en scouting education) (l en explain Explain), (l en
  demonstrate), (l en guide), (l en enable); an educating method.
     3 (lb en gridiron football) Notation for an (l en edge rusher).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  edge
     n.
     1 The boundary line of a surface.
     2 (lb en geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In
  particular, the joining line between two vertex of a polygon; the place
  where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
     3 An advantage.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To move an object slowly and carefully in a
  particular direction.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To move slowly and carefully in a particular
  direction.
     3 (lb en usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
     4 (lb en cricket transitive) To hit the ball with an edge of the bat,
  causing a fine deflection.
     5 (lb en transitive) To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass
  meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
     6 (lb en transitive) To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
     7 To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
     8 (lb en figurative) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate;
  to goad; to urge or egg on.
     9 (lb en intransitive slang) To delay one's orgasm so as to remain
  almost at the point of orgasm.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Edge
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (label en computing)
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20Edge

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  EDGE
     n.
     1 (lb en mobile phones) (acronym of en w:Enhanced Data Rates for GSM
  Evolution Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution)
     2 (lb en scouting education) (l en explain Explain), (l en
  demonstrate), (l en guide), (l en enable); an educating method.
     3 (lb en gridiron football) Notation for an (l en edge rusher).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  edge
     Englanti n.
     1 (leikkaava) terä
     2 (kuva) etu, kilpailuetu, etulyöntiasema
     3 reuna, raja, parras
     4 (yhteys graafiteoria k=en) kaari
     5 (yhteys geometria k=en) särmä
     Englanti vb.
     teroittaa, hioa

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  edge
     Engelska n.
     1 kant, rand, gräns
     2 egg
     3 fördel
     Engelska vb.
     1 snedda (gå/köra över kanten på ett område)
     2 smyga, dra sig
     3 kanta, förse med kant, bräma (ett plagg), kanthugga (en gräsmatta)
     4 förse med egg
     5 egga, upphetsa

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  rand

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  الحافة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  edge //ɛd͡ʒ// 
  1. преимущество
  an advantage
  2. ръб 2.
  any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge
   3.
  boundary line of a surface
   4.
  border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part
   5.
  place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
  3. ръб, страна́
  joining line between two vertices of a polygon
  4. острие
  that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply
  5. нож, резец
  thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  edge //ɛd͡ʒ// 
  отмествам
  to move something gradually

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/ 
  břitkost

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/ 
  ostrost

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/ 
  prudkost

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/ 
  lem

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/ 
  brousit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/ 
  hranit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/ 
  lemovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  ostří

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  kraj

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  pokraj

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  okraj

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/ 
  hrana

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  olemovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  naostřit

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/ 
  ymyl 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  Impulsflanke , Flanke  [electr.]
     Synonym: impulse edge
  
   see: impulse edges, edges, trailing edge, back edge, falling edge, rising edge
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  Kante  [constr.]  [textil.]  [techn.]
        "control the skis using the edges"  - den Ski über die Kante steuern
   see: edges, fabric edge, radiused edge, radius edge, sharp edge, keen edge
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  Kante  [math.]
        "edge of regression"  - Gratlinie

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  Rahmen , Rand 
     Synonym: border
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  Rand , Saum 
        "at the edge of"  - am Rande von

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  Rand , Grenze , Einfassung 
        "be on the edge of disaster"  - am Rande des Untergangs stehen
        "on the ragged edge"  - gefährlich nahe am Rand des Abgrundes
     Synonym: border
  
   see: borders, borderless
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  Saum , Einfassung , Stoßkante , Kante  [textil.]
     Synonyms: hem, hemline, fringe, bordering, edging
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  Schärfe , Scharfheit  [techn.]
           Note: eines Schnittwerkzeugs
     Synonym: sharpness
  
           Note: of a cutting tool

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  Schliff 
     Synonym: cut
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  Schneidkante , Schneide 
           Note: eines Messers/Werkzeugs
        "chipping of the cutting edge"  - Ausbrechen der Schneide
     Synonym: cutting edge
  
   see: cutting edges, edges
  
           Note: of a knife/tool

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  Schnitt , Kante 
           Note: Buchdruck

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  Schnittkante , Kante 
           Note: von Holz
           Note: Zimmerei
        "bevel / chamfer / cant (off) edges"  - Kanten abschrägen / bestoßen / abfasen / anfasen
           Note: of sawn timber
           Note: carpentry

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  Traufe , Dachkante 
   see: edges
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  Ufer 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  Vorteil 
        "have an edge on/over sb."  - jdm. gegenüber einen Vorteil haben
        "give sb. an edge"  - jdm. einen Vorteil verschaffen
        "the technical edge"  - Vorsprung durch Technik
   see: advantage through technology
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/ 
  sich (ganz) langsam bewegen 
     Synonym: inch
  
   see: inching, edging, inched, edged
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/ 
  schärfen, schleifen, scharf machen 
   see: edging, edged, edges, edged
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/ 
  schieben, drängen, antreiben 
   see: edging, edged
  
           Note: on

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  
  κοχή, χείλος, περιστόμιο, άκρη

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  edge //ɛd͡ʒ// 
  1. etu, etulyöntiasema
  an advantage
  2. laita, reuna, ääri
  any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge
  3. alku, reunus
  border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part
  4. reuna, laita
  boundary line of a surface
  5. kaari
  in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
  6. särmä 2.
  joining line between two vertices of a polygon
   3.
  place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
  7. terävyys
  sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire
  8. terä 2.
  thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
   3.
  that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  edge //ɛd͡ʒ// 
  hivuttaa
  to move something gradually

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  edge /edʒ/
  bord, lisière

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/ 
  1. किनारा
        "The boy stood on the edge of the cliff."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/ 
  1. किनारा~लगाना
        "The table-cloth is edged with lace."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  brid, ivica, izoštriti, kraj, naoštriti, oivičiti, oštrica, oštrina, rub, ruba, rubova, rubu, streha

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  1. gerinctetô
  2. él
  3. szegély
  4. szél
  5. becsípettség
  6. falszegély
  7. szövetszél
  8. könyv éle
  9. perem
  10. kapatosság
  11. káva
  12. margó
  13. karima
  14. metszés

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  orlo

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  edge //ɛd͡ʒ// 
  1. 縁, 端, 際
  boundary line of a surface
  2. 辺 2.
  joining line between two vertices of a polygon
   3.
  in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
  3. 刃
  thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  edge /edʒ/
  labrum, limbus, ora

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  edge //ɛd͡ʒ// 
  1. kant
  boundary line of a surface
  2. sidekant
  joining line between two vertices of a polygon
  3. egg
  thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  edge /eʤ/
  I.   1.  krawędź, brzeg
   2.  [np. noża]  ostrze
   3.  [w głosie]  ostry ton, zła nuta (to sb's voice - w czyimś głosie)
   4.  [górowanie]  przewaga (over - nad)
  II.   1.  [np. ogród]  obramować, tworzyć ramy powoli, tworzyć ramy (away from - od)
   2.  [przemieszczać się]  sunąć powoli (to - do) , odsuwać się powoli, odsuwać się (away from - od)
   3.  on edge (:on :edge)
   - na krawędzi rozpaczy, zdenerwowany

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  edge /edʒ/
  borda

From English-Romanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-rom ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  margine

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  edge /edʒ/
  borde

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  edge //ɛd͡ʒ// 
  1. rand
  boundary line of a surface
  2. kant 2.
  joining line between two vertices of a polygon
   3.
  in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
   4.
  place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
  3. egg
  thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  1. kenar, ağız
  2. (geom.) ayrıt
  3. keskinlik
  4. sınır, hudut
  5. (A.B.D.), (k.dili.) avantaj, üstünlük . edge tool kesecek alet, keskin ağızlı alet . give an edge to bilemek
  6. açmak (iştah)
  7. (k.dili.) avantaj tanımak.on edge sabırsız
  8. endişeli, aksi, sinirli
  9. fazla hassas. take the edge off körletmek
  10. kapamak (iştah)
  11. zevkini azaltmak .set his teeth on edge dişlerini kamaştırmak, sinirlendirmek
  12. iğrendirmek.

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  edge /ˈɛdʒ/
  1. yanaşmak, yavaş yavaş sokulmak, yaklaşmak
  2. yan yan ve yavaş yavaş sürmek
  3. bilemek, keskinletmek
  4. kenar geçirmek. edge in sokulmak.edge out kıl payı ile yenmek
  5. kenara itmek.

From język polski-English FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:pol-eng ]

  EDGE /ˈɛdʒ/ 
  EDGE
  (telekomunikacja) rodzaj transmisji radiowej o prędkości 300–400 Kb/s

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɛdʒ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  287 Moby Thesaurus words for "edge":
     A, acerbity, acidity, acidulousness, acme, acridity, acrimony,
     acuity, aculeate, acuminate, acumination, acuteness, adjoin,
     advantage, air line, allowance, alpha, anxious, apex, apogee,
     apprehensive, asperity, astringency, axis, bank, barb, beeline,
     befringe, beginning, bind, bite, bitingness, bitterness, blast-off,
     board, border, bordure, bound, boundary, bourn, brim, brink, brow,
     bulge, cap, causticity, chord, climax, cloud nine, coast,
     coign of vantage, commencement, crabbed, crawl, creation, creep,
     crest, crown, culmen, culmination, cuspidate, cut, cutting edge,
     cuttingness, dawn, deadwood, diagonal, diameter, direct line,
     directrix, draw, drop, edge tool, edgy, effectiveness, end,
     enframe, establishment, extreme limit, extremity, featheredge,
     fidgety, fierceness, file, flange, flank, flying start, force,
     foundation, frame, fresh start, fringe, go crabwise, go sideways,
     great-circle course, grind, grip, handicap, harshness, head start,
     heaven, heavens, height, hem, high noon, highest pitch,
     highest point, hone, ill at ease, inch, incisiveness, inside track,
     institution, irascible, irritable, jump, jump-off, keenness,
     kick-off, knife-edge, labellum, labium, labrum, lap, lateral,
     lateralize, lead, leading edge, ledge, limb, limbus, limit, line,
     lip, list, make leeway, march, marge, margin, marginate, maximum,
     meridian, mordacity, mordancy, mountaintop, move, mucronation,
     ne plus ultra, nervous, new departure, no place higher, noon,
     normal, odds, oilstone, on edge, on tenterhooks, oncoming, onset,
     opening, origin, origination, outbreak, outline, outset, peak,
     peevish, penetration, perimeter, periphery, perpendicular,
     pinnacle, piquancy, pitch, poignancy, point, pointedness, pole,
     prickliness, prickly, pungency, purfle, purl, radius,
     radius vector, ragged edge, razor-edge, reset, restive, restless,
     ridge, right line, rigor, rim, roughness, running start, secant,
     segment, selvage, send-off, sensitive, set, set off,
     setting in motion, setting-up, seventh heaven, severity, sharp,
     sharpen, sharpness, shore, shortcut, shrillness, side, sideline,
     sideslip, sidestep, sidle, skew, skid, skirt, sky, something extra,
     something in reserve, sourness, spiculate, spinosity, spire, spur,
     square one, start, start-off, starting point, steal, sting,
     straight, straight course, straight line, straight stretch,
     straightaway, strap, streamline, stridency, stringency, strop,
     summit, superiority, surround, take-off, tangent, taper, tartness,
     teeth, tense, thinness, thorniness, threshold, tip, tip-top, top,
     touchy, transversal, trenchancy, trim, upmost, upper extremity,
     upper hand, uppermost, uptight, urgency, utmost, vantage,
     vantage ground, vantage point, vector, veer, vehemence, verge,
     vertex, very top, violence, virulence, weapon, whet, whip hand,
     worm, zenith
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 边缘,尖锐,刀刃;
  v. 使...锐利,挤进,镶边;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 边缘,尖锐,刀刃,优势
     vt. 使锐利,挤进,镶边,开刃
     vi. 缓缓移动

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