Collins English-English Dictionary

edge [εʤ]

1. 1. n the border, brim, or margin of a surface, object, etc

2. 2. n a brink or verge

   the edge of a cliff

   the edge of a breakthrough

3. 3. n [maths] a line along which two faces or surfaces of a solid meet

4. 4. n a line joining two vertices of a graph

5. 5. n the sharp cutting side of a blade

6. 6. n keenness, sharpness, or urgency

   the walk gave an edge to his appetite

7. 7. n force, effectiveness, or incisiveness

   the performance lacked edge

8. 8. n [dialect] a cliff, ridge, or hillside

9. 9. n [capital] (in place names)

   Hade Edge

10. 10. vt. [tr] to provide an edge or border for

11. 11. vt. [tr] to shape or trim (the edge or border of something), as with a knife or scissors

    to edge a pie

12. 12. vt. to push (one's way, someone, something, etc) gradually, esp edgeways

13. 13. vt. [tr] [cricket] to hit (a bowled ball) with the edge of the bat

14. 14. vt. [tr] to tilt (a ski) sideways so that one edge digs into the snow

15. 15. vt. [tr] to sharpen (a knife, etc)

16. 16. vt. [Etymology] Old English ecg; related to Old Norse egg, Old High German ecka edge, Latin acies sharpness, Greek akis point