edge

1. 1.

   advance slowly, as if by inches

   “He edged towards the car”

   Synonymsinch

   Broaderadvance
2. 2.

   provide with a border or edge

   “edge the tablecloth with embroidery”

   Synonymsborder

   Broadersupply
3. 3.

   lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

   “Canada adjoins the U.S.”

   “England marches with Scotland”

   Synonymsborderadjoinabutmarchbuttbutt againstbutt on

   Broadertouch

   Narrowerneighbor
4. 4.

   provide with an edge

   “edge a blade”

   Broadersharpen

Other forms of edge

plural

edges·

past tense

edged·

present participle

edging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about edge

What does edge mean?

edge means "the boundary of a surface". That is the primary sense; the word has 10 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in edge?

edge has 1 syllable: edge. In IPA it is /ˈɛdʒ/.

What is another word for edge?

Close synonyms include border, boundary, bound, sharpness, inch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is edge a common word?

edge is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.