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Edge v. t. : The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.

Edge v. t. : Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.

Edge v. t. : Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.

Edge v. t. : The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening.

Edge v. t. : To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.

Edge v. t. : To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.

Edge v. t. : To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box.

Edge v. t. : To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.

Edge v. t. : To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards.

Edge v. i. : To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way.

Edge v. i. : To sail close to the wind.

Example:
How do you determine the Edge length of a unit cell?

Taxonomy
Edge, Copeland, Slam! Sports, Adam Copeland On Edge, wwe, Adam, Wrestling, Cena, 02-13, The Undertaker, Triple H, Adam Copeland, WWE Championship, canoe, Edge and Christian, World Heavyweight Championship, Plummer, Canadian Online Explorer.

Defination from the web:
Edge. Includes bio, coverage of his wrestling and acting careers, and accomplishments. 

synonyms
  (noun) border
  (noun) boundary
  (noun) bound
  (noun) sharpness
  (noun) bounds
  (noun) favorable position
  (noun) favourable position
  (noun) line
  (noun) margin
  (noun) side
  (noun) slip
  (noun) strip
  (noun) superiority
  (noun) urgency
  (verb) inch
  (verb) border
  (verb) adjoin
  (verb) abut
  (verb) march
  (verb) butt
  (verb) butt against
  (verb) butt on
  (verb) advance
  (verb) contact
  (verb) furnish
  (verb) go on
  (verb) march on
  (verb) meet
  (verb) move on
  (verb) pass on
  (verb) progress
  (verb) provide
  (verb) render
  (verb) sharpen
  (verb) supply
  (verb) touch
related terms
  (verb) edge in


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