Edge

What do we mean by edge?

A thin, sharpened side, as of the blade of a cutting instrument. noun

The degree of sharpness of a cutting blade. noun

A penetrating, incisive quality. noun

A slight but noticeable sharpness, harshness, or discomforting quality. noun

Keenness, as of desire or enjoyment; zest. noun

The line or area farthest away from the middle: synonym: border. noun

The line of intersection of two surfaces. noun

A rim or brink. noun

The point at which something is likely to begin. noun

A margin of superiority; an advantage. noun

To give an edge to (a blade); sharpen. intransitive verb

To tilt (a ski or both skis) in such a way that an edge or both edges bite into the snow. intransitive verb

To put a border or edge on. intransitive verb

To act as or be an edge of. intransitive verb

To advance or push slightly or gradually. intransitive verb

To trim or shape the edge of. intransitive verb

The boundary line of a surface.

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.

An advantage.

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.

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

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

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

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

A connected pair of vertices in a graph.

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

Words that are spelled similarly to edge:
edge.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word edge:
vertex, flaps, fuscous, vertices, blackish, graph, edges, trailing, fuselage, plateau, rim, blade, crater, cliff, dorsal, fin, apex, curved, pale, angle, plain, wing, costa, outer, cutting, spots, boundary, ridge, inner.

Words that rhyme with edge:
pledge, wedge, hedge, allege, ledge, dredge, sledge, sedge, fledge, kedge, cledge, swedge, straightedge, tedge, segge, eldredge, sand wedge, pitching wedge, cartledge, old sledge, nut sedge, broom sedge, umbrella sedge, sege, rehg, cypress sedge, sand sedge, alldredge, blackledge, cumberledge, ketchledge, whitledge.

Adjectives that are often used to describe edge:
outer, lower, upper, sharp, top, very, western, eastern, competitive, inner, straight, bottom, left, northern, front, southern, right, free, outside, posterior, anterior, thin, lateral, far, extreme, inside, back, incisal, hard, keen, raw, opposite, slight, north, ragged, hand, fine, forward, south, folded, curved, rounded, west, rear, medial, rough, narrow, distal, east, inferior, serrated, vertical, jagged, double, smooth, superior, dorsal, sharper, dull, beveled, flat, near, blunt, scalloped, sternal, horizontal, broken, proximal, technological, irregular, southeastern, keener, nearest, steep, extra, clean, gilt, southwestern.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective edge:
technology, research, technologies, tools, effects, hill, detection, structure, blade, tool, angle, effect, spectra, flaps, partington, companies, science, bite, damage, ridge, region, painting, products, type, position, test, thinking, sword, techniques, razor, flap, method, issues, design, relationship, beam, emission, contact, ideas, separation, runners, blades, technique, points, ridges, lines, developments, runner, bearings, paintings, firms, zone, detectors, applications, distance, scissors, connectivity, paper, spectrum, industries, tone, radius, absorption, strength, supports, chaos, art, knife, slats, organizations, triggered, diffraction, abstraction, peak, face, banding, occlusion, joints, devices, election, coloring, securities, grain.

Consonant match to edge:
age, urge, ige, ege, auge.

Words that sound like edge:
edge, etch, esh, idge, aje, esch, uhg, eche, esche, ihg, eje, eshe, idj, udg, uhj, age, ige, ege, adge, oge, auge, -age, odg, adj, ooj, aaj, ije, ohg, ajj, ahj, owj, adg, ojj, oij, iij, oyj, aij, egg, ekg, egge, egh, itch, ish, ledge, hedge, eh, wedge, edgy, ich, ng, uch, ush, enge, eng, edged, vege, ajay, hej, sedge, edger, ehh, iche, -ish, mje, isch, kedge, engh, assh, aeh, aeo, wedg, tedge, ushe, emg, usch, asz, ajai, eai, gedge, rehg, azs, eaj, eais, elj, mjj, ngj, ash, each, ach, ashe, aitch, atch, auch, aage, asch, cge, asche, aash, awch, chj.