Edge (noun)
The boundary line of a surface.
Edge (noun)
A vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
Edge (noun)
An advantage.
“I have the edge on him.”
Edge (noun)
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.
Edge (noun)
A 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.”
Edge (noun)
Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
Edge (noun)
The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)
“in the edge of evening”
Edge (noun)
A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
Edge (noun)
A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
Edge (verb)
To win by a small margin.
Edge (verb)
To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
Edge (verb)
To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
Edge (verb)
To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
Edge (verb)
To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
Edge (verb)
To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
Edge (verb)
To delay one’s orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.
Luff (noun)
The vertical edge of a sail that is closest to the direction of the wind.
“By easing the halyard, the luff of the sail was made to sag to leeward.”
Luff (noun)
The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
Luff (noun)
The roundest part of a ship’s bow.
Luff (noun)
The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.
Luff (verb)
To shake due to being trimmed improperly.
Luff (verb)
To alter course to windward so that the sails luff. (Alternatively luff up)
Luff (verb)
to let out (a sail) so that it luffs.
Luff (verb)
To alter the vertical angle of the jib of a crane so as to bring it level with the load.
Edge (noun)
the outside limit of an object, area, or surface
“she perched on the edge of a desk”
“a willow tree at the water’s edge”
Edge (noun)
an area next to a steep drop
“the cliff edge”
Edge (noun)
the point immediately before something unpleasant or momentous occurs
“the economy was teetering on the edge of recession”
Edge (noun)
the sharpened side of the blade of a cutting implement or weapon
“a knife with a razor-sharp edge”
Edge (noun)
the line along which two surfaces of a solid meet.
Edge (noun)
an intense, sharp, or striking quality
“a flamenco singer brings a primitive edge to the music”
“there was an edge of menace in his voice”
Edge (noun)
a quality or factor which gives superiority over close rivals
“his cars have the edge over his rivals'”
Edge (verb)
provide with a border or edge
“the pool is edged with paving”
Edge (verb)
move or cause to move gradually or furtively in a particular direction
“Hazel quietly edged him away from the others”
“she tried to edge away from him”
Edge (verb)
give an intense or sharp quality to
“the bitterness that edged her voice”
Edge (verb)
ski with one’s weight on the edges of one’s skis
“you will be edging early, controlling a parallel turn”