Word Finder - edge

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The boundary line of a surface.

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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.

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An advantage.

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I have the edge on him.

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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.

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A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.

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He is standing on the edge of a precipice.

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Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.

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The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)

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in the edge of evening

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A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.

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A connected pair of vertices in a graph.

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In male masturbation, a level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax; see also edging.

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To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.

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He edged the book across the table.

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To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.

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He edged away from her.

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(usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.

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To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.

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To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.

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To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.

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To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.

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To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.

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To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.

He stood and walked to the edge of the pond.

His voice had an edge to it.

He sat down on the edge of the bed, staring at his feet... and then keeled over on the bed.

She sat down on the edge of the bed and stared at the floor.

Oh my, you're fortunate the car didn't go over the edge with you in it!

The love of my life moved to the edge of her chair.

At the edge of the road stood an oak.

The room began to spin, and she grabbed the edge of the sink.

There was an edge in his voice, one that told her he already knew.

The scene was the edge of a corn field with a large barn in the distance.

Everyone was on edge as we began early the next day.

The rain got it started and then the edge of the cliff gave way.

She sat on the edge of the bed, contemplating Cynthia with a compassionate expression.

He sat down on the edge of the bed, brushing one blonde lock from her face.

That ridge was the only thing that had kept her from plunging over the edge... that and the man who was now glaring at her.

It would be dark by the time they got the car off the edge of the cliff.

This time I was on the edge of a scrub forest.

He crossed his arms to display roped forearms and sat on the edge of his desk.

The country was beautiful, poised on the edge of spring.

His voice still had a bitter edge, but there was a touch of musing in it now.

Exhaustion left her feeling cold and weak, which was probably why her foot slipped on the edge of a rock.

He took it harder than I thought he would, but being able to keep Tammy took the edge off it.

Even with him taking the edge off, reality still wasn't real.

At the edge of town the sound of hammers announced the building of another hotel.

They had walked a mile or two towards home, when they came to the edge of a narrow and deep ravine.

He lay down on the edge of it and I burned with longing to caress him and lie down too.

The sexy woman was on edge tonight, her gaze restless.

He strode to the edge of the tavern.

She was so close to the edge.

Dolokhov who was in the midst of the crowd forced his way to the edge of the dam, throwing two soldiers off their feet, and ran onto the slippery ice that covered the millpool.

I don't mean to pry, but you seem on edge.

Alex's head appeared over the edge of the bluff.

His voice held an edge.

They went to the edge of the stone roof.

She strode to the edge of the roof.

I can't wait to take that edge off.

The woman's voice held a husky edge.

The dangerous edge crept into him.

But he did not wish the little girl to think him a coward, so he advanced slowly to the edge of the roof.

He dropped to the sand and crawled the rest of the way to the top, peering over the edge before he motioned for her to continue.

She ate until full, then pushed her plate from the edge of the table.

The edge was back to him again.

A rotation by which one edge of the mirror advances 4X (while the other edge retreats to a like amount) introduces a phase-discrepancy of a whole period where before the rotation there was complete agreement.

The Egyptian pilgrim road crosses the peninsula from Suez to Akaba, passing the post of An Nakhl, with a reservoir and a little cultivation, about half way; a steep descent leads down from the edge of the Tih plateau to Akaba.

The night was cold and dark as he strode across the park to the edge of the castle.s grounds.

Her body trembling, she sat on the edge of the Jacuzzi tub, staring into space.

He moved to the edge of the table nearest Jade and crossed his arms as he leaned against it.

Her eyes caught movement at the edge of the crowd.

She neared the edge and started to panic again.

He set his lifemate on the bed and sat on the edge of the bed.