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edge

/ɛd͡ʒ/ verbe C1

En français : avancer lentement, battre de justesse, border

  1. To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction. (transitive) · He edged the book across the table.· The muggers edged her into an alley and demanded money.
  2. To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction. (intransitive) · He edged away from her.
  3. To win by a small margin.
  4. To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection. (transitive)
  5. To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger. (transitive)
  6. To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging. (transitive)
  7. To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen. (transitive)
  8. To form a border to; to enclose, to border. (transitive)

He/she/it edges · Prétérit edged · Participe passé edged · Forme en -ing edging

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Formes du verbe

Forme de base
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He/she/it
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Prétérit
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Participe passé
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Forme en -ing
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Dans la bibliothèque

The four travelers walked with ease through the trees until they came to the farther edge of the wood.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 127 · B2
Holmes walked to the edge of the moat and looked across.
The Valley of Fear, p. 39 · C1
With one blow of his paw he sent the Scarecrow spinning over and over to the edge of the road, and then he struck at the Tin Woodman with his sharp claws.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 32 · B2
Besides, her castle stands on the edge of the desert, so she may know a way to cross it.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 122 · B2

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