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| NOUN | 1 | edge, border | The boundary of a surface |
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| 2 | edge | A sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object | |
| 3 | edge, boundary, bound | A line determining the limits of an area | |
| 4 | edge, sharpness | The attribute of urgency | |
| 5 | edge | A slight competitive advantage | |
| 6 | edge, margin | A strip near the boundary of an object | |
| VERB | 1 | edge, inch | Advance slowly, as if by inches |
| 2 | edge, border | Provide with a border or edge | |
| 3 | edge, border, adjoin, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on | Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | |
| 4 | edge | Provide with an edge |
| Sounds | eh'jh |
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| Rhymes | allege, dredge, fledge, and 8 more rhymes in ehjh... |
| Meaning | The boundary of a surface. |
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| Synonyms | border |
| Broader | boundary, bound, bounds |
| Narrower | brink; limb |
| Verbs | edge |
| Meaning | A sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object. |
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| Examples | "he rounded the edges of the box" |
| Broader | side |
| Narrower | bevel, cant, chamfer; bezel; brim, rim, lip; curb, curbing, kerb; deckle edge, deckle; featheredge; knife edge, cutting edge; leading edge; milling; razor edge; trailing edge |
| Verbs | edge; edge |
| Meaning | A line determining the limits of an area. |
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| Synonyms | boundary, bound |
| Broader | line |
| Narrower | rim; margin, border, perimeter; periphery, fringe, outer boundary; brink, threshold, verge; upper bound; lower bound; thalweg |
| Verbs | edge |
| Meaning | The attribute of urgency. |
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| Examples | "his voice had an edge to it" |
| Synonyms | sharpness |
| Broader | urgency |
| Adjectives | edgy; edgy |
| Meaning | A slight competitive advantage. |
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| Examples | "he had an edge on the competition" |
| Broader | superiority, favorable position, favourable position |
| Meaning | A strip near the boundary of an object. |
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| Synonyms | margin |
| Broader | strip, slip |
| Narrower | border; luff; molding, moulding, border; selvage, selvedge; shoulder, berm; wayside, roadside |
| Meaning | Advance slowly, as if by inches. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "He edged towards the car" |
| Synonyms | inch |
| Broader | advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on |
| See also | edge in |
| Meaning | Provide with a border or edge. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "edge the tablecloth with embroidery" |
| Synonyms | border |
| Broader | supply, provide, render, furnish |
| Nouns | edger; edge; edger; edge |
| Meaning | Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | border, adjoin, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on |
| Broader | touch, adjoin, meet, contact |
| Narrower | neighbor, neighbour |
| Nouns | edge; edging |
| Meaning | Provide with an edge. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "edge a blade" |
| Broader | sharpen |
| Nouns | edge |
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