| NOUN | location | edge, border | the boundary of a surface |
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| shape | edge, boundary, bound | a line determining the limits of an area | |
| artifact | edge | a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object | |
| attribute | edge, sharpness | the attribute of urgency in tone of voice | |
| attribute | edge | a slight competitive advantage | |
| artifact | edge | the outside limit of an object or area or surface | |
| VERB | motion | edge, inch | advance slowly, as if by inches |
| possession | edge, border | provide with a border or edge | |
| contact | edge, border, adjoin, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | |
| contact | edge | provide with an edge |
| Sounds | eh'jh | |
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| Rhymes | allege ... wedge: 11 rhymes with ehjh... | |
| Meaning | The boundary of a surface. | |
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| Synonym | border | |
| Narrower | brink | The edge of a steep place |
| limb | (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet | |
| Broader | boundary, bound, bounds | The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something |
| Spanish | borde, canto, frontera, margen, orilla | |
| Catalan | cantell, marge, vora | |
| Verbs | edge | provide with a border or edge |
| Meaning | A line determining the limits of an area. | |
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| Synonyms | boundary, bound | |
| Narrower | brink, threshold, verge | A region marking a boundary |
| lower bound | (mathematics) a number equal to or less than any other number in a given set | |
| margin, border, perimeter | The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary | |
| periphery, fringe, outer boundary | The outside boundary or surface of something | |
| rim | The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object | |
| thalweg | The middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states / states | |
| upper bound | (mathematics) a number equal to or greater than any other number in a given set | |
| Broader | line | A length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness |
| Spanish | borde, frontera, límite | |
| Catalan | frontera, límit, vora | |
| Verbs | edge | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary |
| Meaning | A sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object. | |
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| Example | "he rounded the edges of the box" | |
| Narrower | bevel, cant, chamfer | Two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees |
| bezel | A sloping edge on a cutting tool | |
| brim, rim, lip | The top edge of a vessel or other container | |
| curb, curbing, kerb | An edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) | |
| deckle edge, deckle | rough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced artificially on machine-made paper | |
| featheredge | A thin tapering edge | |
| groin | A curved edge formed by two intersecting vaults | |
| knife edge, cutting edge | The sharp cutting side of the blade of a knife / knife | |
| leading edge | Forward edge of an airfoil | |
| milling | corrugated edge of a coin | |
| razor edge | An edge that is as sharp as the cutting side of a razor | |
| trailing edge | The rear edge of an airfoil | |
| Broader | side | An extended outer surface of an object |
| Spanish | borde, filo | |
| Catalan | marge, vora | |
| Verbs | edge | provide with an edge |
| edge | provide with a border or edge | |
| Meaning | The attribute of urgency in tone of voice. | |
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| Example | "his voice had an edge to it" | |
| Synonym | sharpness | |
| Broader | urgency | pressing importance requiring speedy action |
| Adjectives | edgy | being in a tense state |
| Meaning | A slight competitive advantage. | |
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| Example | "he had an edge on the competition" | |
| Broader | superiority, favorable position, favourable position | The quality of being at a competitive advantage |
| Meaning | The outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something. | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | border | A strip forming the outer edge of something |
| hem | The edge of a piece of cloth | |
| luff | (nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast | |
| molding, moulding, border | A decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge | |
| selvage, selvedge | The edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel or fray | |
| shoulder, berm | A narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road | |
| wayside, roadside | Edge of a way or road or path | |
| Broader | limit, demarcation, demarcation line | The boundary of a specific area |
| Spanish | margen | |
| Catalan | marge | |
| Meaning | Advance slowly, as if by inches. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "He edged towards the car" | |
| Synonym | inch | |
| Broader | advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on | Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense |
| See also | edge in | push one's way into (a space) |
| Meaning | Provide with a border or edge. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "edge the tablecloth with embroidery" | |
| Synonym | border | |
| Broader | supply, provide, render, furnish | Give something useful or necessary to |
| Nouns | edge | a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object |
| edge | the boundary of a surface | |
| edger | garden tool for cutting grass around the edges of a yard | |
| edger | a person who puts finishing edges on a garment | |
| Meaning | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | border, adjoin, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on | |
| Narrower | neighbor, neighbour | Be located near or adjacent to |
| Broader | touch, adjoin, meet, contact | Be in direct physical contact with |
| Spanish | bordear, colindar, lindar | |
| Catalan | bordejar, limitar, vorellar, voretar | |
| Nouns | edge | a line determining the limits of an area |
| edging | border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug) | |
| Meaning | Provide with an edge. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "edge a blade" | |
| Broader | sharpen | make sharp / sharp / sharp / sharp or sharper / sharper / sharper / sharper |
| Spanish | afilar | |
| Nouns | edge | a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object |
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