edge

1. v. t. 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. Source: opted

2. v. t. Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice. Source: opted

3. v. t. Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire. Source: opted

4. v. t. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening. Source: opted

5. v. t. To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen. Source: opted

6. v. t. To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool. Source: opted

7. v. t. To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box. Source: opted

8. v. t. To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on. Source: opted

9. v. t. To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards. Source: opted

10. v. i. To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way. Source: opted

11. v. i. To sail close to the wind. Source: opted

12. n. the boundary of a surface Source: wordnet

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