Antonyms for edge
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : ej |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛdʒ |
Definition of edge
Origin :- Old English ecg "corner, edge, point," also "sword" (cf. ecgplega, literally "edge play," ecghete, literally "edge hate," both used poetically for "battle"), from Proto-Germanic *agjo (cf. Old Frisian egg "edge;" Old Saxon eggia "point, edge;" Middle Dutch egghe, Dutch eg; Old Norse egg, see egg (v.); Old High German ecka, German Eck "corner"), from PIE root *ak- "sharp, pointed" (cf. Sanskrit asrih "edge," Latin acies, Greek akis "point;" see acrid).
- Spelling development of Old English -cg to Middle English -gg to Modern English -dge represents a widespread shift in pronunciation. To get the edge on (someone) is U.S. colloquial, first recorded 1911. Edge city is from Joel Garreau's 1992 book of that name. Razor's edge as a perilous narrow path translates Greek epi xyrou akmes. To have (one's) teeth on edge is from late 14c., though "It is not quite clear what is the precise notion originally expressed in this phrase" [OED].
- noun border, outline
- noun advantage
- verb border, trim
- verb defeat narrowly
- verb sharpen
- The edge of the garment was curiously wrought with golden palm leaves.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Along the edge of the green pines and spruce were lavender asters.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Looking around him, he at length, from the edge of the valley, descried Robert.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Now he scanned the trees on the edge of the clearing with painful anxiety.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- And then they came to the edge of the cliff, where the heel marks ended.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- By this time the English boats had reached the water's edge.
- Extract from : « The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The Mortgage » by Charles G. D. Roberts
- But is there no gate because we find none on the edge of the wood where it seemed to lie?
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- She went white and clutched the edge of the table, with her eyes closed.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- He sat down on the edge of the balcony and stared out blankly.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Johnny was close on the edge of his long sleep by that time, and very comfortable.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Synonyms for edge
- allowance
- ascendancy
- bend
- berm
- bind
- bound
- boundary
- brim
- brink
- bulge
- butt
- circumference
- contour
- corner
- creep
- crook
- crust
- curb
- decorate
- dominance
- draw
- ease
- end
- extremity
- file
- frame
- fringe
- frontier
- grind
- handicap
- head start
- hem
- hone
- hook
- inch
- infiltrate
- lead
- ledge
- limb
- limit
- line
- lip
- margin
- molding
- mouth
- nose out
- odds
- outline
- outskirt
- peak
- perimeter
- periphery
- point
- polish
- portal
- rim
- ring
- shape
- sharpen
- shore
- side
- sidle
- skirt
- slip by
- slip past
- split
- squeeze by
- squeeze past
- start
- steal
- strand
- strop
- superiority
- surround
- term
- threshold
- tip
- trimming
- turn
- upper hand
- vantage
- verge
- whet
- worm
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