edge
/ɛd͡ʒ/ noun B1- The boundary line of a surface.
- A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
- An advantage. · I have the edge on him.
- The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc. · Speaking with a metallic edge to her voice.· There was an unmistakable edge to her remarks.
- A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge. · The cup is right on the edge of the table.· He is standing on the edge of a precipice.
- Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire. · After the timeout there was a new edge to the team's play.
- The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time) · in the edge of evening
- A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
Plural edges
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The four travelers walked with ease through the trees until they came to the farther edge of the wood.
Holmes walked to the edge of the moat and looked across.
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.
Besides, her castle stands on the edge of the desert, so she may know a way to cross it.”
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