English-Thai Dictionary
edge
N ขอบ ริม เส้น ขอบ border boundary frontier kob
edge
N ขอบ หน้าผา kob-na-pa
edge
N คม มีด blade kom-mid
edge
N ความแข็งแรง ความ กระฉับกระเฉง energy vigor kwam-kaeng-raeng
edge
VI เขยิบ เคลื่อนที่ ทีละน้อย ka-yoeb
edge
VT ติดขอ บ ใส่ ขอบ tid-kob
edge
VT ทำให้ คม sharpen tam-hai-kom
edge
VT เขยิบ เคลื่อนที่ ทีละน้อย ka-yoeb
edge away
PHRV ค่อยๆ จากไป koi-koi-jak-pai
edge in
PHRV พูดแทรก แทรก phud-sank
edge in
PHRV เคลื่อน ไป ข้างหน้า kluean-pai-kang-na
edge out
PHRV กำจัด ออก ไป kam-jad-ook-pai
edge with
PHRV ขลิบ ด้วย ใส่ ขอบ ด้วย krib-duai
edgeways
ADV ไป ทาง ขอบ หัน ริม หรือ คม ออก นอก crabwise edgewise pai-tang-kob
edgewise
ADJ ไป ทาง ขอบ หัน ริม หรือ คม ออก นอก edgeways sideways pai-tang-kob
edgewise
ADV ไป ทาง ขอบ หัน ริม หรือ คม ออก นอก edgeways sideways pai-tang-kob
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
EDGE
n.[L. acies, acus. ] 1. In a general sense, the extreme border or point of any thing; as the edge of the table; the edge of a book; the edge of cloth. It coincides nearly with border, brink, margin. It is particularly applied to the sharp border, the thin cutting extremity of an instrument, as the edge of an ax, razor, knife or scythe; also, to the point of an instrument, as the edge of a sword.
2. Figuratively, that which cuts or penetrates; that which wounds or injures; as the edge of slander.
3. A narrow part rising from a broader.
Some harrow their ground over, and then plow it upon an edge.
4. Sharpness of mind or appetite; keenness; intenseness of desire; fitness for action or operation; as the edge of appetite or hunger.
Silence and solitude set an edge on the genius.
5. Keenness; sharpness; acrimony.
Abate the edge of traitors.
To set the teeth on edge, to cause a tingling or grating sensation in the teeth.
EDGE
v.t. 1. To sharpen.
To edge her champion's sword.
2. To furnish with an edge.
A sword edged with flint.
3. To border; to fringe.
A long descending train,
With rubies edged.
4. To border; to furnish with an ornamental border; as, to edge a flower-bed with box.
5. To sharpen; to exasperate; to embitter.
By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the malicious edged.
6. To incite; to provoke; to urge on; to instigate; that is, to push on as with a sharp point; to goad. Ardor or passion will edge a man forward, when arguments fail.
7. To move sideways; to move by little and little; as, edge your chair along.
EDGE
v.i.To move sideways; to move gradually. Edge along this way. 1. To sail close to the wind.
To edge away, in sailing, is to decline gradually from the shore or from the line of the course.
To edge in with, to draw near to, as a ship in chasing.
EDGED
pp. Furnished with an edge or border. 1. Incited; instigated.
2. a. Sharp; keen.
EDGELESS
a.Not sharp; blunt; obtuse; unfit to cut or penetrate; as an edgeless sword or weapon.
EDGETOOL
n.An instrument having a sharp edge.
EDGEWISE
adv. [edge and wise. ] With the edge turned forward, or towards a particular point; in the direction of the edge. 1. Sideways; with the side foremost.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
EDGE
Edge, n. Etym: [OE. eg, egge, AS. ecg; akin to OHG. ekka, G. ecke, Icel. & Sw. egg, Dan. eg, and to L. acies, Gr. a edge. Egg, v. t., Eager, Ear spike of corn, Acute. ]
1. The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc. He which hath the sharp sword with two edges. Rev. ii. 12.Slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword. Shak.
2. Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice. Upon the edge of yonder coppice. Shak. In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge Of battle. Milton. Pursue even to the very edge of destruction. Sir W. Scott.
3. Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire. The full edge of our indignation. Sir W. Scott. Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can have, if we do not set an edge upon them by our fears and by our vices. Jer. Taylor.
4. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening. "On the edge of winter. " Milton. Edge joint (Carp. ), a joint formed by two edges making a corner. -- Edge mill, a crushing or grinding mill in which stones roll around on their edges, on a level circular bed; -- used for ore, and as an oil mill. Called also Chilian mill. -- Edge molding (Arch. ), a molding whose section is made up of two curves meeting in an angle. -- Edge plane. (a ) (Carp. ) A plane for edging boards. (b ) (Shoemaking ) A plane for edging soles. -- Edge play, a kind of swordplay in which backswords or cutlasses are used, and the edge, rather than the point, is employed. -- Edge rail. (Railroad ) (a ) A rail set on edge; -- applied to a rail of more depth than width. (b ) A guard rail by the side of the main rail at a switch. Knight. -- Edge railway, a railway having the rails set on edge. -- Edge stone, a curbstone. -- Edge tool. (a ) Any tool instrument having a sharp edge intended for cutting. (b ) A tool for forming or dressing an edge; an edging tool. -- To be on edge, to be eager, impatient, or anxious. -- To set the teeth on edge, to cause a disagreeable tingling sensation in the teeth, as by bringing acids into contact with them. Bacon.
EDGE
Edge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Edged; p. pr. & vb. n. Edging. ]
1. To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen. To edge her champion's sword. Dryden.
2. To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.
3. To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box. Hills whose tops were edged with groves. Pope.
4. To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on. [Obs. ] By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the malicious edged. Hayward.
5. To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards. Locke.
EDGE
EDGE Edge, v. i.
1. To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way.
2. To sail close to the wind. I must edge up on a point of wind. Dryden. To edge away or off (Naut. ), to increase the distance gradually from the shore, vessel, or other object. -- To edge down (Naut. ), to approach by slow degrees, as when a sailing vessel approaches an object in an oblique direction from the windward. -- To edge in, to get in edgewise; to get in by degrees. -- To edge in with, as with a coast or vessel (Naut. ), to advance gradually, but not directly, toward it.
EDGEBONE
EDGEBONE Edge "bone `, n.
Defn: Same as Aitchbone.
EDGELESS
EDGELESS Edge "less, a.
Defn: Without an edge; not sharp; blunt; obtuse; as, an edgeless sword or weapon.
EDGELONG
EDGELONG Edge "long, adv.
Defn: In the direction of the edge. [Obs. ] Three hundred thousand pieces have you stuck Edgelong into the ground. B. Jonson.
EDGESHOT
EDGESHOT Edge "shot, a. (Carp. )
Defn: Having an edge planed, -- said of a board. Knight.
EDGEWAYS; EDGEWISE
EDGEWAYS; EDGEWISE Edge "ways, Edge "wise, adv.
Defn: With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge. Glad to get in a word, as they say, edgeways. Sir W. Scott.
New American Oxford Dictionary
edge
edge |ej ɛʤ | ▶noun 1 the outside limit of an object, area, or surface; a place or part farthest away from the center of something: a willow tree at the water's edge | figurative : these measures are merely tinkering at the edges of a wider issue. • an area next to a steep drop: the cliff edge. • [ in sing. ] the point or state immediately before something unpleasant or momentous occurs: the economy was teetering on the edge of recession. 2 the sharpened side of the blade of a cutting implement or weapon: a knife with a razor-sharp edge. • the line along which two surfaces of a solid meet. • [ in sing. ] an intense, sharp, or striking quality: a flamenco singer brings a primitive edge to the music | she was still smiling, but there was an edge to her voice. • [ in sing. ] a quality or factor that gives superiority over close rivals or competitors: the veal had the edge on flavor. ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] provide with a border or edge: the pool is edged with paving. 2 move gradually, carefully, or furtively in a particular direction: [ no obj. ] : she tried to edge away from him | Nick edged his way through the crowd | [ with obj. ] : Hazel quietly edged him away from the others. • [ with obj. ] informal defeat by a small margin: Connecticut avoided an upset and edged Yale 49 –48. 3 [ with obj. ] give an intense or sharp quality to: the bitterness that edged her voice. 4 [ no obj. ] ski with one's weight on the edges of one's skis. PHRASES on edge tense, nervous, or irritable: never had she felt so on edge before an interview. on the edge of one's seat informal very excited and giving one's full attention to something. set someone's teeth on edge (esp. of an unpleasantly harsh sound ) cause someone to feel intense discomfort or irritation: a grating that set her teeth on edge. take the edge off reduce the intensity or effect of (something unpleasant or severe ): the tablets will take the edge off the pain. PHRASAL VERBS edge someone out remove a person from an organization or role by indirect means: she was edged out of the organization by the director. DERIVATIVES edged adjective [ in combination ] : a black-edged handkerchief, edge less adjective, edg er noun ORIGIN Old English ecg ‘sharpened side of a blade, ’ of Germanic origin; related to Dutch egge and German Ecke, also to Old Norse eggja (see egg 2 ), from an Indo-European root shared by Latin acies ‘edge ’ and Greek akis ‘point. ’
edge city
edge cit y ▶noun a relatively large urban area situated on the outskirts of a city, typically beside a major road. ORIGIN 1991: coined by J. Garreau in a book of the same name.
edge connector
edge con nec tor ▶noun an electrical connector with a row of contacts, fitted to the edge of a printed circuit board to facilitate connection to external circuits.
Edgehill, Battle of
Edgehill, Battle of |ɛdʒˈhɪl | the first pitched battle of the English Civil War (1642 ), fought at the village of Edgehill in the west Midlands. The Parliamentary army attempted to halt the Royalist army's march on London; the battle ended with no clear winner and with heavy losses on both sides.
edge tool
edge tool ▶noun any tool with a sharp cutting edge.
edgewise
edge wise |ˈejˌwīz ˈɛʤˌwaɪz |(also edgeways |-ˌwāz |) ▶adverb & adjective with the edge uppermost or toward the viewer: [ as adv. ] : could be inserted edgewise between the teeth | [ as adj. ] : an edgewise view of our own galaxy. PHRASES get a word in edgewise [ usu. with negative ] contribute to a conversation with difficulty because the other speaker talks almost without pause.
Edgewood
Edge wood |ˈejˌwo͝od ˈɛʤwʊd | a community in northeastern Maryland that is noted for its US arsenal; pop. 23,378 (2000 ).
Edgeworth, Maria
Edgeworth, Maria |ˈɛdʒwəθ | (1767 –1849 ), English-born Irish novelist. Notable works: Castle Rackrent (1800 ) and Belinda (1801 ).
Oxford Dictionary
edge
edge |ɛdʒ | ▶noun 1 the outside limit of an object, area, or surface: a willow tree at the water's edge | she perched on the edge of a desk. • an area next to a steep drop: the cliff edge. • [ in sing. ] the point immediately before something unpleasant or momentous occurs: the economy was teetering on the edge of recession. 2 the sharpened side of the blade of a cutting implement or weapon. • [ in sing. ] an intense, sharp, or striking quality: a flamenco singer brings a primitive edge to the music | there was an edge of menace in his voice. 3 [ in sing. ] a quality or factor which gives superiority over close rivals: his cars have the edge over his rivals'. 4 the line along which two surfaces of a solid meet. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 provide with a border or edge: the pool is edged with paving. 2 [ with adverbial of direction ] move or cause to move gradually or furtively in a particular direction: [ no obj. ] : she tried to edge away from him | [ with obj. ] : Hazel quietly edged him away from the others. 3 give an intense or sharp quality to: the bitterness that edged her voice. 4 Cricket strike (the ball ) with the edge of the bat; strike a ball delivered by (the bowler ) with the edge of the bat. 5 [ no obj. ] ski with one's weight on the edges of one's skis. PHRASES on edge tense, nervous, or irritable. on the edge of one's seat informal very excited and giving one's full attention to something. set someone's teeth on edge (especially of a harsh sound ) cause someone to feel intense discomfort or irritation. take the edge off reduce the intensity or effect of (something unpleasant or severe ): the tablets will take the edge off the pain. PHRASAL VERBS edge someone out 1 narrowly defeat a rival or opponent: Portugal edged out Holland in the semi-final. United edged out Rovers 4 –2 on penalties. 2 remove a person from an organization or role by indirect means: she was edged out of the organization by the director. DERIVATIVES edged adjective [ in combination ] : a black-edged handkerchief, edgeless adjective, edger noun ORIGIN Old English ecg ‘sharpened side of a blade ’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch egge and German Ecke, also to Old Norse eggja (see egg 2 ), from an Indo-European root shared by Latin acies ‘edge ’ and Greek akis ‘point ’.
edge city
edge city ▶noun N. Amer. a relatively large urban area situated on the outskirts of a city, typically beside a major road. ORIGIN 1991: coined by J. Garreau in a book of the same name.
edge connector
edge con |nect ¦or ▶noun an electrical connector with a row of contacts, fitted to the edge of a printed circuit board to facilitate connection to external circuits.
Edgehill, Battle of
Edgehill, Battle of |ɛdʒˈhɪl | the first pitched battle of the English Civil War (1642 ), fought at the village of Edgehill in the west Midlands. The Parliamentary army attempted to halt the Royalist army's march on London; the battle ended with no clear winner and with heavy losses on both sides.
edge tool
edge tool ▶noun a handworked or machine-operated cutting tool.
edgeways
edgeways |ˈɛdʒweɪz |(US edgewise |-wʌɪz |) ▶adverb with the edge uppermost or towards the viewer. PHRASES get a word in edgeways [ usu. with negative ] contribute to a conversation with difficulty because the other speaker talks incessantly.
Edgewood
Edge wood |ˈejˌwo͝od ˈɛʤwʊd | a community in northeastern Maryland that is noted for its US arsenal; pop. 23,378 (2000 ).
Edgeworth, Maria
Edgeworth, Maria |ˈɛdʒwəθ | (1767 –1849 ), English-born Irish novelist. Notable works: Castle Rackrent (1800 ) and Belinda (1801 ).
American Oxford Thesaurus
edge
edge noun 1 the edge of the lake: border, boundary, extremity, fringe, margin, side; lip, rim, brim, brink, verge; perimeter, circumference, periphery, limits, bounds. ANTONYMS middle. 2 she had an edge in her voice: sharpness, severity, bite, sting, asperity, acerbity, acidity, trenchancy; sarcasm, acrimony, malice, spite, venom. ANTONYMS kindness. 3 they have an edge over their rivals: advantage, lead, head start, the whip hand, the upper hand; superiority, dominance, ascendancy, supremacy, primacy; informal inside track. ANTONYMS disadvantage. ▶verb 1 poplars edged the orchard: border, fringe, verge, skirt; surround, enclose, encircle, circle, encompass, bound. 2 a nightie edged with lace: trim, pipe, band, decorate, finish; border, fringe; bind, hem. 3 he edged closer to the fire: creep, inch, work one's way, pick one's way, ease oneself; sidle, steal, slink. PHRASES on edge they were always on edge when Uncle Herman visited. See edgy (sense 1 ). CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See border . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.
Oxford Thesaurus
edge
edge noun 1 the edge of the lake: border, boundary, extremity, fringe; margin, side, lip, rim, brim, brink, verge; perimeter, circumference, periphery, contour, outline; limit, limits, outer limit, bound, bounds; literary marge, bourn, skirt. ANTONYMS middle. 2 ‘What do you mean? ’ I asked, with an edge in my voice: sharpness, severity, bite, sting, pointedness, asperity, pungency, mordancy, acerbity, acidity, tartness, trenchancy; sarcasm, acrimony, malice, spite, venom; rare causticity, mordacity. ANTONYMS kindness. 3 they have an edge over their rivals: advantage, lead, head, head start, trump card, the whip hand; superiority, the upper hand, dominance, ascendancy, supremacy, primacy, precedence, power, mastery, control, sway, authority; N. Amer. informal the catbird seat; Austral. /NZ informal the box seat. ANTONYMS disadvantage. PHRASES on edge she felt on edge and wanted to get moving: tense, nervous, edgy, highly strung, anxious, apprehensive, uneasy, ill at ease, unsettled, unstable; excitable, twitchy, jumpy, keyed up, fidgety, restive, skittish, neurotic, brittle, hysterical; sensitive, insecure; irritable, touchy, tetchy, testy, crotchety, irascible, peevish, querulous, bad-tempered, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, temperamental, snappy, captious, crabbed, prickly; Brit. nervy; informal uptight, wired. ANTONYMS calm. take the edge off it took the edge off the pain: allay, assuage, alleviate, ease, relieve, reduce, diminish, decrease, lessen, soothe, soften, dull, cushion, mollify, moderate, calm, lull, temper, mitigate, palliate, blunt, deaden, abate, tone down; rare lenify. ▶verb 1 the tall poplars that edged the orchard: border, fringe, rim, verge, skirt, be alongside; surround, enclose, encircle, circle, encompass, bound, line, flank. 2 a white party frock edged with lace: trim, pipe, band, decorate, finish; border, fringe; bind, hem. 3 he edged closer to the fire | he edged his way carefully out along the branch: creep, inch (one's way ), worm (one's way ), work (one's way ), pick one's way, nose (one's way ), ease (oneself ), ease (one's way ), advance slowly; advance stealthily, sidle, steal, slink.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
edge
edge /edʒ /〖原義は 「鋭くとがったもの 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-ɪz /C 1 a. (物 場所などの )端 , はずれ ; 縁 （ふち ）, きわ ▸ sit on the edge of the pool プールの縁に座る ▸ a school at [on ] the edge of town 町はずれの学校 ▸ fall off the edge of a cliff がけっぷちから落ちる ▸ at the water's edge 水ぎわで b. (薄くて平らなものの )縁 ; (2つの面の )接線 ; (山の )尾根, 稜線 （りようせん ）.2 (かみそり おのなどの )刃 ; (刃の )鋭さ , 切れ味 ▸ sharpen the edge of a knife ナイフの刃を研ぐ 3 〖単数形で 〗 «…に対する /…における » 優位 , 強み , 有利 (advantage ) «over, on /in » ▸ This new model has the [an ] edge over its rivals .この新機種は競合相手に対して優位に立っている ▸ His experience gives Tom the [a ] competitive edge over others .経験がトムにほかの人にない競争上の強みを与えている .4 〖通例the ～〗瀬戸際 , 危機 (verge, brink ) (!主に悪い事柄について用いる ) ▸ the edge of bankruptcy 破産の瀬戸際 5 〖単数形で 〗(話 演奏などの )鋭さ , 切れ味 , 迫力 ; (声 口調などの )辛辣 （しんらつ ）さ ▸ There was a bitter edge to [in ] Al's voice .アルの声には痛烈な辛辣さが感じられた be r ò ugh around the é dges ＝have rough edge s .cl ò se to the é dge ＝on the edge .f r̀ ay at [around ] the é dges 〈計画 組織などが 〉失敗する, 崩壊する .g è t the r ò ugh é dge of A's t ó ngue ｟英 やや古 ｠A 〈人 〉にどなられる, しかられる .g ò over the é dge 1 気がふれる, 神経衰弱になる .2 〈企業 組織が 〉破産する .h à ve r ò ugh é dges 〈人 劇 演奏などが 〉いくらか欠陥 [難点 ]がある ; 粗削りである (!しばしば全体的にはよいことを暗示する ) .live on the é dge 無鉄砲な生き方をする .l ò se one's é dge 〈人などが 〉 (かつての )精彩を欠く .on é dge 〖通例be ～〗〈神経が 〉緊張して, 興奮して ; 〈人が 〉いらいらして, 神経質になって .on the é dge 〖通例be ～〗1 «…の » 瀬戸際で ; «…を » 今にもしようとして «of » ▸ The animal is on the edge of extinction .その動物は絶滅寸前である 2 ｟くだけて ｠気が変になりそうで .on the è dge of one's s é at [｟米 ｠ch á ir ]〖通例be ～〗〈人が 〉 (今起きている [これから起こる ]ことに )胸をわくわくさせて, 興味津々で .p ù sh A over the é dge A 〈人 〉の気をおかしくさせる .t à ke the é dge off A A 〈効果 勢い 強烈さなど 〉を弱らせる, 鈍らせる ; A 〈痛みなど 〉を和らげる .動詞 ～s /-ɪz /; ～d /-d /; edging 自動詞 〖～＋副詞 〗ゆっくり動く [移動する ], じわじわ進む ; ｟報道 ｠〈数 物価など 〉が少しずつ変動する (!副詞 は主に方向の表現 ) ▸ edge closer to a door ドアににじり寄る ▸ The car started to edge forward [back ].車は少しずつ前に進み [後ろに下がり ]始めた ▸ The yen edged up .じわじわと円高になった 他動詞 1 〖～ A ＋副詞 〗(注意しながら )A 〈物 人 〉を少しずつ動かす ; 変動させる ; 〖～ one's way ＋副詞 〗じわじわと進む (!副詞 は主に方向の表現 ) ▸ edge a vase towards him 花びんをそっと彼の方へ動かす 2 〖通例be ～d 〗 «…で » 〈そでなどが 〉縁取りされる; 〈場所などが 〉仕切られる «with, in » ▸ The handkerchief is edged with lace .そのハンカチはレースで縁取りされている 3 〈刃物など 〉に刃を付ける ; …を鋭くする .4 〈草地 〉の端を刈る .5 〘クリケット 〙〈ボール 〉をバットのエッジで打つ .6 ｟米 ｠〈相手 〉にわずかの差で勝つ , 辛勝する .è dge í n じわじわと入り込む .è dge A ó ut [ó ut A ]1 (試合 競技などで ) (わずかの差で )A 〈相手 〉を打ち負かす, Aより抜きん出る .2 【地位 役職などから 】A 〈人など 〉をじわじわと追い出す «of » .～́ c ì ty ｟米 ｠エッジシティ 〘大都市郊外の社宅 オフィスなどの集まった地域; 長時間通勤をする必要がない 〙.
edgewise
é dge w ì se ｟主に英 ｠é dge w à ys 副詞 横に, はすに, 斜めに (sideways ).
The Wordsmith Dictionary