edge /ej/ noun- The border of anything
- A rim
- The brink
- The intersection of the faces of a solid figure
- A ridge or crest
- The cutting side of an instrument
- Something that wounds or cuts
- Keenness
- Incisiveness or trenchancy
- Sharpness of mind or appetite
- Bitterness
- Irritability
- Advantage (informal)
transitive verb- To put an edge or border on or round
- To border, form or be a border for
- To egg or urge on (archaic)
- To move or push gradually, esp sideways or edgeways
- To trim the edge of
- To sharpen
- To give a sharp quality to
- To strike with the edge of the bat (cricket)
intransitive verb- To move sideways
- To move gradually
ORIGIN: OE ecg; cf Ger Ecke, and L aciēs edged adjective Having an edge or edges combining form Denoting having an edge or edges of the stated kind or number, as in sharp-edged, double-edged edgeˈless adjective - Without an edge
- Blunt
edgˈer noun - Someone or something that edges
- A garden tool for trimming the edge of a lawn
edgeˈways or edgeˈwise adverb - With edge foremost or uppermost
- In the direction of the edge
- Sideways
edgˈily adverb edgˈiness noun - Angularity or over-sharpness of outline
- The state of being on edge
edgˈing noun - Any border eg round a garment, flower-bed, etc
- (a strip of) material, eg lace, for using as a trimming around the edge
- The act of making an edge
adjective Used for making an edge edgˈy adjective - With edges
- Sharp or hard in outline
- Irritable, on edge
- Emotionally intense
edge coal noun A steeply dipping coal seam edge effect noun (image technol) see border effect under border edge rail noun A rail of a form in which the carriage-wheels roll on its edges, being held there by flanges edge tool or edged tool noun A tool with a sharp edge edge in a word or get a word in edgeways To get a word in with difficulty edge out - To remove or get rid of gradually
- To defeat by a small margin
go or be over the edge (informal) - To go or have gone beyond what can be endured
- To have or have had a nervous breakdown
have the or an edge on, over or against - To have the advantage, or an advantage, over
- To be better than
inside or outside edge - A skating movement on the inner or outer edge of the skate
- A deflection from the inner or outer extremity of the bat (cricket)
on edge - In a state of expectant irritability
- Nervous or tense with anticipation
on the edge of one's seat In a state of eager anticipation play with edge tools To deal carelessly with dangerous matters set on edge To excite set someone's teeth on edge - To set up a disagreeable sensation in the teeth and mouth, as sour fruit does
- To cause to wince, irritate acutely
- Formerly, to make eager or stimulate desire
take the edge off - To make less unpleasant or difficult
- To weaken or diminish
inside /in-sīdˈ or inˈsīd/ noun- The side, space or part within
- The side of a road or pavement nearest to buildings, etc
- (often in pl) the entrails
- Inner nature
- That which is not visible at first sight
- (in pl) the inner quires of a ream of paper
- The inside track
- A position affording exclusive information or advantage (informal)
adjective- Being within
- Interior
- Indoor
- Working indoors
- From within
- From a secret or confidential source
- (of a criminal activity) carried out by, or with the help of, someone trusted and/or employed by the victim (informal)
- Of a position nearer or near the centre of the field (rugby, etc)
adverb- In, to or near the interior
- Indoors
- On the inner side
- In or into prison (informal)
preposition- Within
- Into
- On the inner side of
- In a position nearer the centre of the field than (rugby, etc)
ORIGIN: in1 and side1 insiˈder noun - A person who is inside
- Someone within a certain organization, etc, esp one with access to exclusive information about it
- Someone possessing some particular advantage
inˈside-car noun An Irish horse-drawn buggy in which the passengers face one another inside edge see under edge inside left or inside right noun In some games, a forward between the centre and outside insider dealing or insider trading noun The criminal offence of using information not publicly available to deal on the Stock Exchange inside track noun The inner side of a race-track, being the most advantageous position (also figurative) inside of (esp US) In less than, within inside out With the inner side turned outwards know (something) inside out (informal) To know (something) thoroughly |