Found 3 items, similar to edge.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: edge aris, bereman, bibir, gigi, penghujung, tepi, ujung
English → English (WordNet) Definition: edge 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] edge 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”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Edge 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] 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] 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]