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Edge

Noun

Definitions

1.NounThe boundary line of a surface.
2.NounA 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.
3.NounAn advantage.
"I have the edge on him."
4.NounThe 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.
5.NounA 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."
6.NounSharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
7.NounThe border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)
"in the edge of evening"
8.NounA shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
9.NounA connected pair of vertices in a graph.
10.NounA level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax.
11.NounThe point of data production in an organization (the focus of edge computing), as opposed to the cloud.
12.VerbTo move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
"He edged the book across the table.; The muggers edged her into an alley and demanded money."
13.VerbTo move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
"He edged away from her."
14.VerbTo win by a small margin.
15.VerbTo hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
16.VerbTo trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
17.VerbTo furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
18.VerbTo furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
19.VerbTo form a border to; to enclose, to border.
20.VerbTo make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
21.VerbTo intentionally stay or keep someone extremely close to the point of orgasm for a long period of time.
"Jimmy has been edging for 6 hours straight; is his dick okay?"
22.VerbTo agitate or exasperate (someone) due to constant delays of something.
"When are the developers going to release the update? They've been edging us for months with all of these trailers.; They say no Internet is better than slow Internet, cause at least your browser doesn't edge you every time you try to load a page."
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