From Middle English egge, from Old English eċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju, from Proto-Germanic *agjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-.

See also Dutch egge, German Ecke, Swedish egg, Norwegian egg; also Welsh hogi, Latin aciēs, acus ("needle"), Latvian ašs, ass ("sharp"), Ancient Greek ἀκίς, ἀκμή ("point"), and Persian آس).

• IPA: /ɛd͡ʒ/

edge (plural edges)

1. The boundary line of a surface.
2. (geometry) 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.
3. An advantage.

   I have the edge on him.

   • 2017 August 25, Euan McKirdy et al, "Arrest warrant to be issued for former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra ↗", in edition.cnn.com, CNN:

     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."

4. (also figuratively) 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.
   • 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act III, scene iv], line 1818:

     No, 'tis slander; / Whose edge is sharper than the sword;

   • 1833, Adam Clarke (editor), Book of Revelation, II, 12, The New Testament, page 929 ↗:

     And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges:

5. A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.

   The cup is right on the edge of the table.

   He is standing on the edge of a precipice.

   • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour's Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act IV, scene i]:

     Here by, upon the edge of yonder coppice; / A stand, where you may make the fairest shoot.

   • 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC ↗:

     In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge / Of battle when it rag'd, in all assaults

   • 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC ↗:

     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

6. Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
   • 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC ↗, page 175 ↗:

     we are to turn the full edge of our indignation upon the accursed instrument, which had so well nigh occasioned his utter falling away.

7. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)

   in the edge of evening

   • 1670, John Milton, The History of Britain (Milton), The Prose Works of John Milton, published 1853, Volume V, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=89AIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA203&dq=%22supposing+that+the+new+general,+unacquainted+with+his+army,+and+on+the+edge+of+winter,+would+not+hastily+oppose+them.%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HGeoUdTFJYuwiQev1ID4Bw&ved=0CE4Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22supposing%20that%20the%20new%20general%2C%20unacquainted%20with%20his%20army%2C%20and%20on%20the%20edge%20of%20winter%2C%20would%20not%20hastily%20oppose%20them.%22&f=false page 203]

     supposing that the new general, unacquainted with his army, and on the edge of winter, would not hastily oppose them.

8. (cricket) A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
   • 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

9. (graph theory) A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
10. A level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax.
11. (computing, often, attributive) The point of data production in an organization (the focus of edge computing), as opposed to the cloud.

• (advantage) advantage, gain
• (sharp terminating border) brink, boundary, lip, margin, rim
• (in graph theory) line

• French: bord
• German: Rand
• Italian: orlo, bordo
• Portuguese: margem
• Russian: край
• Spanish: orilla, borde

• French: côté
• German: Seite, Kante
• Italian: lato
• Portuguese: aresta
• Russian: ребро́
• Spanish: lado

• French: arête
• German: Kante
• Portuguese: aresta
• Russian: грань
• Spanish: arista

• German: Vorsprung
• Italian: vantaggio
• Russian: преиму́щество
• Spanish: ventaja

• French: carre
• German: Klinge, Schneide
• Italian: lama, filo
• Portuguese: fio, gume
• Russian: ле́звие
• Spanish: filo

• Russian: остриё

• French: bord
• Italian: bordo, filo
• Russian: грань
• Spanish: borde

• Russian: ребро́

• French: arête
• German: Kante
• Italian: arco, spigolo
• Portuguese: aresta
• Russian: грань

edge (edges, present participle edging; simple past and past participle edged)

1. (transitive) To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.

   He edged the book across the table.

   The muggers edged her into an alley and demanded money.

2. (intransitive) To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.

   He edged away from her.

3. (usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
4. (cricket, transitive) To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
5. (transitive) To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
6. (transitive) To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
   • 2005, Paige Gilchrist, The Big Book of Backyard Projects: Walls, Fences, Paths, Patios, Benches, Chairs & More, Section 2: Paths and Walkways, page 181 ↗,

     If you're edging with stone, brick, or another material in a lawn area, set the upper surfaces of the edging just at or not more than ½ inch above ground level so it won't be an obstacle to lawn mowers.

7. (transitive) To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
   • 1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC ↗, (please specify the page number):

     To edge her champion sword

8. (transitive) To form a border to; to enclose, to border.
   • 1924 June 4, E[dward] M[organ] Forster, chapter I, in A Passage to India, London: Edward Arnold & Co., →OCLC ↗, part I (Mosque), page 5 ↗:

     Edged rather than washed by the river Ganges, it trails for a couple of miles along the bank, scarcely distinguishable from the rubbish it deposits so freely.

9. (figurative) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
   • a. 1628 (date written), John Hayward, The Life, and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt, London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press, and J. Lichfield at Oxford?] for Iohn Partridge, […], published 1630, →OCLC ↗:

     By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the malicious edged.

10. (intransitive, transitive, slang) To intentionally stay or keep someone extremely close to the point of orgasm for a long period of time.

    Near-synonym: goon

    Jimmy has been edging for 6 hours straight; is his dick okay?

    • 2011, Nicholson Baker, House of Holes‎, page 181:

      “I think of it as mine, but, yes, it's his cock I've been edging with. Do you edge?”

11. (transitive, slang, figuratively) To agitate or exasperate (someone) due to constant delays of something.

    When are the developers going to release the update? They've been edging us for months with all of these trailers.

    They say no Internet is better than slow Internet, cause at least your browser doesn't edge you every time you try to load a page.

• German: schieben, verschieben

edge (uncountable)

1. (mobile phones) Acronym of w:Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
2. (scouting, education) explain, demonstrate, guide, enable; an educating method.
3. (gridiron football) Notation for an edge rusher.

English topographic surname, derived from the noun edge.

1. Surname.
2. (computing) Microsoft Edge.
3. A place name:
   1. A village in Painswick, Stroud (OS grid ref SO8409).
   2. A hamlet in Pontesbury, south of (OS grid ref SJ3908).
   3. An unincorporated community in Brazos County, Texas, founded by Dr. John Edge.