edge

noun11

1. •
   a line or part along the outside of something, where it ends

   • The cup is right on the edge of the table.
   • He is standing on the edge of a precipice.
2. •
   The boundary line of a surface.
3. •
   The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)

   • supposing that the new general, unacquainted with his army, and on the edge of winter, would not hastily oppose them. — 1670
4. •
   An advantage.

   • I have the edge on him.
5. •
   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.

   • Speaking with a metallic edge to her voice.
   • There was an unmistakable edge to her remarks.
6. •
   Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.

   • After the timeout there was a new edge to the team's play.
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. •
   A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
9. •
   [before a noun] The point of data production in an organization (the focus of edge computing), as opposed to the cloud.

   • 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. — 2022
10. •
    A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.

    • Finally another edge for 4, this time dropped by the keeper — 2004
11. •
    (slang) A level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax.

verb11

1. •
   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. •
   To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.

   • He edged away from her.
3. •
   To win by a small margin.
4. •
   To form a border to; to enclose, to border.

   • 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. — 1924
5. •
   (slang) To intentionally stay or keep someone extremely close to the point of orgasm for a long period of time.

   • Jimmy has been edging for 6 hours straight; is his dick okay?
6. •
   (slang, figurative) 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.
7. •
   To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
8. •
   To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
9. •
   To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
10. •
    To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
11. •
    (figurative) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.

    • By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the malicious edged. — 1628

noun3

1. •
   Notation for an edge rusher.
2. •
   Explain, demonstrate, guide, enable; an educating method.
3. •
   Acronym of Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution.