English language

How to pronounce edge in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms sharpness
Type of urgency
Derivation edgy


his voice had an edge to it.
Type Words
Synonyms abut, adjoin, border, butt, butt against, butt on, march
Type of meet, contact, adjoin, touch
Has types neighbor, neighbour
Derivation edging
Type Words
Synonyms inch
Type of march on, go on, move on, advance, progress, pass on


He edged towards the car.
Type Words
Synonyms border
Type of provide, supply, render, furnish
Derivation edger


edge the tablecloth with embroidery.
Type Words
Synonyms border
Type of boundary, bound, bounds
Has types brink, limb
Type Words
Synonyms bound, boundary
Type of line
Has types outer boundary, margin, threshold, brink, fringe, rim, periphery, perimeter, lower bound, thalweg, border, verge, upper bound
Type Words
Type of side
Has types deckle edge, bevel, bezel, brim, cant, chamfer, curb, curbing, cutting edge, deckle, featheredge, groin, kerb, knife edge, leading edge, lip, milling, razor edge, rim, trailing edge


he rounded the edges of the box.
Type Words
Type of favorable position, favourable position, superiority


he had an edge on the competition.
Type Words
Type of sharpen


edge a blade.
Type Words
Type of demarcation, demarcation line, limit
Has types luff, hem, roadside, selvage, selvedge, shoulder, berm, wayside, border, molding, moulding


the edge of the leaf is wavy.
she sat on the edge of the bed.
the water's edge.

Examples of edge

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Freeport came back to edge Dalers, 36-33, in the Nassau Conference I title game.
From the newsday.com
Fold the dough corners into the round edge, and pinch with your fingers to seal.
From the thenewstribune.com
Seal the bottom of each empanada by pressing the tines of a fork along the edge.
From the thenewstribune.com
They move him around and bring him off the edge and they move him on the inside.
From the bostonherald.com
All bets are off now that the Egyptian commander in chief's fate is on the edge.
From the time.com
Forstner bits that have a fine knife edge at the perimeter are best, but costly.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The Patriots seem interested, as they continue their quest for an edge presence.
From the bostonherald.com
The result, in Mr. Wright's artful telling, is social comedy with a rueful edge.
From the online.wsj.com
The Blue Devils went on to establish a 38-29 rebounding edge in their 87-45 win.
From the timesunion.com
More examples
  • The boundary of a surface
  • Advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car"
  • Border: provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery"
  • Boundary: a line determining the limits of an area
  • A sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box"
  • Border: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
  • Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) (also known as Enhanced GPRS (EGPRS), or IMT Single Carrier (IMT-SC), or Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution) is a digital mobile phone technology that allows improved data transmission rates as a backward-compatible extension of GSM. ...
  • Signs Publishing Company is a Seventh-day Adventist publishing house in Warburton, Victoria, Australia.
  • Edge is an album by Daryl Braithwaite released in late 1988. It spent 3 weeks at the top of the Australian Album charts in 1989.