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Meaning of edge | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ɛd͡ʒ

Definitions

  1. The boundary line of a surface.
  2. Acronym of Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
  3. The boundary line of a surface
  4. A surname.
  5. Explain, demonstrate, guide, enable; an educating method.
    uncountable
  6. A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
  7. A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
  8. To move gradually or hesitantly: The child edged toward the door.
  9. Microsoft Edge.
  10. Notation for an edge rusher.
    uncountable
  11. An advantage
  12. An advantage.
  13. Highly tense or nervous; irritable.
  14. A place name:
  15. A village in Painswick parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8409).
  16. 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
  17. 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.
    also, figuratively
  18. on edge, a. in a state of potential irritability; tense; nervous.
  19. A hamlet in Pontesbury parish, south of Yockleton, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3908).
  20. A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge
  21. a border or fringe round a garment. gold edging. omboorsel, randversiersel حاشِيَه، هُدْب ивица debrum lem, okraj der Rand kant; -kant; bort μπορντούραborde, ribete ääris حاشیه؛ لبه reunus bordure קִישוּט שָׂפָה धार घर्षण obrub szegély(ezés) tepi brydding orlo, frangia 縁どり 테두리 붙이기 apvadas, kraštelis apmale kelim randkant, kantebånd, bord, rand lamówka لماړى، دلمنې ياپيخې انځورو نه، پيڅه ما تو نه اووراړونه، دڅنډې يا پيڅې چرمه كارى يا بخۍ debrum bordură кайма lem, okraj, obruba obroba obrub kan...
  22. An unincorporated community in Brazos County, Texas, United States, founded by Dr. John Edge.
  23. A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
  24. irritable. That actress is always edgy before a performance. byterig, krities عَصَبي، مُتَوَتِّر нервен irritável nervózní reizbar irritabel νευρικός, ευερέθιστοςnervioso närviline عصبی؛ بدخلق ärtyisä énervéמרוגז उत्तेजित, चिड़चिड़ा nervozan, razdražljiv ideges kesal uppstökkur irritabile いらいらした 초조한, 화를 잘 내는 irzlus, suirzęs satraukts; nervozs; aizkaitināts gelisah nerveusirritabel, nervøsdrażliwy, rozdrażniony عصبی irritável iritabil раздражительный nervózny razdražljiv nervozan irriterad, ne...
  25. Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
  26. senuweeagtig بِتَوَتُّر нервно irritavelmente nervózně reizbar irritabelt νευρικά con nerviosismo närviliselt با بدخلقی ärtyisästi d'un air agacé בְּעַצבָּנוּת धीरे-धीरे आगे बढ़ते हुए razdražljivo idegesen dengan kesal ergilega con irritazione いらいらして 초조하게 irzliai satraukti; nervozi dengan gelisah nerveusirritabelt drażliwie د بد خلقی irritavelmente iritat раздражительно nervózne razdražljivo nervozno irriterat อย่างกระสับกระส่าย sinirli bir şekilde 急躁地 неспокійно; нетерпляче غصہ سے một cách c...
  27. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)
  28. A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
  29. A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
  30. to have an advantage over. he had the edge over his opponent. die oorhand hê لهُ الأفْضَلِيَّه على имам надмощие над ter vantagem sobre mít výhodu im Vorteil sein gegenüber fordel; forspring υπερτερώ llevar ventaja a alguien eelisolukorras olema بر کسی یا چیزی برتری داشتن olla etulyöntiasemassa l'emporter (de justesse) sur הָיָה לוֹ יִתרוֹן बढ़त होना imati prednost előnyben van vkivel szemben kelebihan hafa/standa betur en essere in vantaggio su ~にまさる ...보다 우세하다 turėti pranašumą būt pārākam p...
  31. A level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax.
  32. uneasy; nervous. She was on edge when waiting for her exam results. senuweeagtig مُتَوَتِّر الأعْصاب на ръба nervoso nervózní am Rande spændt νευρικός, ανήσυχος estar nervioso, tener los nervios de punta nagu tulistel sütel عصبی؛ رنجیده hermostunut énervéמרוגז परेशान होना, हताश होना napet ideges gelisah taugaóstyrkur nervoso いらいらして 안절부절하여 nerimastingas satraukts; uzbudināts tidak tenteram gespannenurolig, nervøsniespokojny عصبی nervoso ca pe ghimpi в нервном состоянии nervózny živčen nervozan...
  33. The point of data production in an organization (the focus of edge computing), as opposed to the cloud.
    attributive, often
  34. borde, orilla, canto; [of cutting instruments] filo;on ___ → irritable, impaciente, nervioso-a.

Equivalents

العربية الحافّة
Azərbaycanca kənar qıraq
Беларуская край
Български нож острие ребро ръб страна
Català aresta vora
Čeština hrana ostří
Dansk kant
Ελληνικά ακμή άκρη κόψη χείλος
Esperanto latero rando
Eesti äär
Euskara bazter ertz
فارسی ضلع کنار یال
Français arête bord carré côté EDGE
Gaeilge ciumhais colbha corr imeall
Gàidhlig iomall oir
हिन्दी किनारा कोना
Magyar él előny oldal perem szegély szél
Íslenska egg hlið kantur leggur
日本語
ქართული კიდე ნაპირი
Latina margō
Latviešu asmens ašums krasts mala
Te Reo Māori niho
Македонски раб
മലയാളം അറ്റം വക്ക്
Bahasa Melayu pinggir sisi
မြန်မာဘာသာ စပ်
Nederlands grens kant kling lijn rand ribbe tak voorsprong zijde
Português aresta fio gume margem
Slovenščina rob
Shqip buzë skaj
Svenska egg kant rand
తెలుగు అంచు భుజము
ไทย ขอบ คม
اردو کنارہ
Tiếng Việt canh mép ria

Examples

“I have the edge on him.”
“It’s no secret that the United States may be losing its edge in civilian aviation. Nowhere is this more apparent than with small unmanned aircraft, those tiny flying robots that promise to transform agriculture, forestry, pipeline monitoring, filmmaking, and more.”
“Thitinan said Yingluck's decision to skip the verdict hearing will have "emboldened" the military government. "They would not have wanted to put her in jail, in this scenario, (but her not showing up today) puts her on the back foot and gives them an edge."”
“No, 'tis slander; / Whose edge is sharper than the sword;”
“And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges:”
“Unlike a lot of the south of France, which, he said, “can be expensive, and a little too overdone and chi-chi for my tastes”, Marseille “has just the right amount of edge while being surrounded by incredibly stunning landscapes[…].””
“The cup is right on the edge of the table.”
“He is standing on the edge of a precipice.”
“Here by, upon the edge of yonder coppice; / A stand, where you may make the fairest shoot.”
“In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge / Of battle when it rag'd, in all assaults”
“they never wanted the pretext, and seldom the will, to harass and pursue, even to the very edge of destruction, any of their less powerful neighbours”
“Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can have, if we do not set an edge upon them by our fears and by our vices.”
“we are to turn the full edge of our indignation upon the accursed instrument, which had so well nigh occasioned his utter falling away.”
“in the edge of evening”
“supposing that the new general, unacquainted with his army, and on the edge of winter, would not hastily oppose them.”
“2004 March 29, R. Bharat Rao Short report: Ind-Pak T1D2 Session 1 in rec.sports.cricket, Usenet Finally another edge for 4, this time dropped by the keeper”
“Remember that edge computing refers to data that is processed on edge devices before the result goes to its destination, which could be on a public or private cloud.”

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