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Edge (noun)
The boundary line of a surface.
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Edge (noun)
A vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
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Edge (noun)
An advantage.
“I have the edge on him.”
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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.
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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.”
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Edge (noun)
Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
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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”
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Edge (noun)
A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
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Edge (noun)
A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
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Edge (verb)
To win by a small margin.
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Edge (verb)
To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
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Edge (verb)
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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Edge (verb)
To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
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Edge (verb)
To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
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Edge (verb)
To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
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Edge (verb)
To delay one’s orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.
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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.”
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Luff (noun)
The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
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Luff (noun)
The roundest part of a ship’s bow.
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Luff (noun)
The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.
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Luff (verb)
To shake due to being trimmed improperly.
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Luff (verb)
To alter course to windward so that the sails luff. (Alternatively luff up)
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Luff (verb)
to let out (a sail) so that it luffs.
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Luff (verb)
To alter the vertical angle of the jib of a crane so as to bring it level with the load.
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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”
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Edge (noun)
an area next to a steep drop
“the cliff edge”
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Edge (noun)
the point immediately before something unpleasant or momentous occurs
“the economy was teetering on the edge of recession”
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Edge (noun)
the sharpened side of the blade of a cutting implement or weapon
“a knife with a razor-sharp edge”
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Edge (noun)
the line along which two surfaces of a solid meet.
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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”
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Edge (noun)
a quality or factor which gives superiority over close rivals
“his cars have the edge over his rivals'”
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Edge (verb)
provide with a border or edge
“the pool is edged with paving”
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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”
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Edge (verb)
give an intense or sharp quality to
“the bitterness that edged her voice”
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Edge (verb)
ski with one’s weight on the edges of one’s skis
“you will be edging early, controlling a parallel turn”