edge

edge is a 4-letter English word with 21 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 21 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.
3. transitive verb. Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
4. transitive verb. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening.
5. transitive verb. To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
6. transitive verb. To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.
7. transitive verb. To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box.
8. transitive verb. To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
9. transitive verb. To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards.
10. intransitive verb. To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way.
11. intransitive verb. To sail close to the wind.
12. noun. a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object

    "he rounded the edges of the box"

13. noun. the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something

    "the edge of the leaf is wavy"

    "she sat on the edge of the bed"

14. noun. a slight competitive advantage

    "he had an edge on the competition"

15. noun. the attribute of urgency in tone of voice

    "his voice had an edge to it"

    Synonyms: sharpness

16. noun. the boundary of a surface

    Synonyms: border

17. noun. a line determining the limits of an area

    Synonyms: bound, boundary

18. verb. provide with an edge

    "edge a blade"

19. verb. lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

    "Canada adjoins the U.S."

    "England marches with Scotland"

    Synonyms: abut, adjoin, border, butt, march

20. verb. advance slowly, as if by inches

    "He edged towards the car"

    Synonyms: inch

21. verb. provide with a border or edge

    "edge the tablecloth with embroidery"

    Synonyms: border

Synonyms

sharpness, border, bound, boundary, abut, adjoin, butt, march, inch

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in edge:

geed

Common word forms

edged, edger, edges, edging, edgeless

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