(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.
(v. t.) Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
(v. t.) The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening.
(v. t.) To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
(v. t.) To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.
(v. t.) To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box.
(v. t.) To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
(v. t.) To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards.
(v. i.) To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way.
(v. i.) To sail close to the wind.
Example Sentences:
(1) Brown's model, which goes far further than those from any other senior Labour figure, and the modest new income tax powers for Holyrood devised when he was prime minister, edge the party much closer to the quasi-federal plans championed by the Liberal Democrats.
(2) Everyone is expecting them to win and I think that’s a double-edged sword.
(3) In fact, the lowest-rated game of last year's World Series between the Giants and the Tigers edged out the opening round of the draft by only 2.4 million viewers.
(4) In one case MRI showed a false image of tear of the supra spinatus m. on its anterior edge.
(5) Flexion of the knee beyond 40 degrees progressively diminished viability of the edges of the wound, particularly the lateral edge.
(6) Fibrinogen was scattered in the intercellular spaces, and located in the inner layer or edges of the thickened intima of the bifurcation with increasing plaque formation.
(7) After 1 day in vitro the explants were partly encircled by epithelium which had proliferated from the cut edges of the explant and from rete ridges near the cut edge (epiboly).
(8) This kind of distribution of microfilaments was always associated with resorption lacunae, and F-actin, vinculin, and talin zones correspond roughly to the edge of lacunae.
(9) Mario Balotelli’s life on the edge leaves him asking: why not me any more?
(10) Shenhua Watermark Coal, a subsidiary of the Chinese state-owned Shenhua Group, is waiting for final approval from Hunt for a $1.2bn open-cut coalmine on the edge of the plains, a little more than three kilometres from Hamparsum’s property.
(11) Three disks of different sizes (10, 25, and 45 mm in diameter) were attached to the edge of the baresthesiometer, and pressures of 1, 3 and 5 kg were applied to the 10 mm disk, and 1, 3, 5, and 7 kg to the other disks.
(12) The expansion comes hot on the heels of another year of stellar growth in which Primark edged closer to overtaking high street stalwart M&S in sales and profits.
(13) Under the electron microscope, slices appeared vacuolated near the cut surfaces, but well preserved internally (greater than 40 micron from the edge).
(14) Following orthodontic treatment the canine's incisal edge occlusion demonstrates the tip and torque present in the appliance that was used.
(15) Attenuation compensation causes more noise to appear in the center than the edge for both modes and an average increase in uncertainty of 30%.
(16) Perisic darts in from the edge of the penalty area to get on the end of it and thumps a meaty header wide.
(17) The transversalis fascia of the floor of the femoral canal turns down to form the medial wall of the venous compartment of the femoral sheath, and has the support of the curved edge of the lacunar ligament which effectively bars the femoral canal from entering the thigh.
(18) Trout fishing is excellent in both, and after they fall over the edge of the Piedmont Plateau to the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the lower stretches of both waterways boil into class-2 and -3 whitewater for kayakers and canoeists.
(19) Oxytocin-like immunoreactive neurons were observed to lie within 77 nm of the edge of the lumen of capillary blood vessels.
(20) A formal notion of relatability is defined, specifying which physically given edges leading into discontinuities can be connected to others by interpolated edges.
Fillet
Definition:
(n.) A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head.
(n.) A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied.
(n.) A thin strip or ribbon; esp.: (a) A strip of metal from which coins are punched. (b) A strip of card clothing. (c) A thin projecting band or strip.
(n.) A concave filling in of a reentrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner.
(n.) A narrow flat member; especially, a flat molding separating other moldings; a reglet; also, the space between two flutings in a shaft. See Illust. of Base, and Column.
(n.) An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.
(n.) The thread of a screw.
(n.) A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt.
(n.) The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun.
(n.) Any scantling smaller than a batten.
(n.) A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain.
(n.) The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.
(v. t.) To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.
Example Sentences:
(1) We tested 1,145 isolates from fresh and spoiling irradiated (0.0, 0.3, and 0.6 Mrad) yellow perch fillets for proteolytic activity, by the use of both media.
(2) The only vitamin D analogue found in fish oils, livers and fillets, was cholecalciferol (D3).
(3) Meticulous handling of the graft (using a Goeller trephine and Tenon's traction sutures), filleting Tenon's capsule and avoiding cautery of the graft bed may minimize graft necrosis and atrophy.
(4) I choose the halibut fillet with scallops, dauphinoise potatoes, veg melange and pesto tapenade.
(5) There were only found 6 cases of occupational dermatitis among fillet workers; 3 reacted to fish and 3 had irritant contact dermatitis.
(6) It is concluded that the shelf life of iced whole cod can be predicted using this model but not that of vacuum-packed fillets because of the greater variability of bacterial activity in packaged fish.
(7) The flour consisted in a 1.00:1.15 dry mixture of by-products from shark filleting (dt) and shrimp by products (cc).
(8) Equal portions of codfish- and perch fillets were tested.
(9) 800g veal shoulder, cut into 4cm dice 1 tbsp plain flour Salt and black pepper 30g unsalted butter 60ml olive oil 1 large onion, peeled and roughly chopped 200ml dry white wine 8 large sage leaves Shaved skin of 1 lemon, plus 3 tbsp lemon juice 1 550g head puntarelle (or 2 heads white chicory, cut widthways into 3cm-long segments) 1 small celeriac, peeled and chopped into 2cm dice (500g net weight) 200g pancetta, cut into 1cm dice 20g capers For the salad 1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed 1 anchovy fillet, finely chopped 2 tsp red-wine vinegar 2 tbsp olive oil 1 white chicory, cut in half lengthways and then into long, 0.5cm thick wedges (or the rest of the puntarelle, if using) 80g rocket Toss the veal in flour seasoned with a teaspoon of salt and a good grind of pepper, until evenly coated, then tap off any excess.
(10) Press the fillets first into the mustard and paprika, then into the crumbs.
(11) Place the turbot fillets on top and pour the white wine and fish stock on to the fillets.
(12) The initial population of this organism on fillets of high bacterial quality is uniformly below 4% and most frequently no greater than 1%.
(13) The remaining fillets failed to provoke such symptoms, even though 17 of them were tested by volunteers proven to be susceptible to scombro-intoxication.
(14) Photograph: John Carey At this stage, if you're filleting sea bass or gurnard, you'll encounter a small difficulty: the rib cage (at the head end of the fillet) bulges out a bit.
(15) The use of a digital fillet flap from an unsalvageable ring finger allowed for a one-stage procedure avoiding donor site morbidity or need for additional reconstructive surgery.
(16) Three convenience products--frozen, precooked chicken apple fritters, chicken breast fillets, and chicken patties--provided by one processor were subjectively evaluated by two taste panels of older adults, ranging in age from the sixties to middle eighties.
(17) An extract containing "unavailable" small peptides was isolated from an enzymic digest of heat-damaged cod fillet and examined for its influence on uptake of leucine in the rat small intestine, using the everted-sac technique.
(18) When the atrial septal flap is deficient at the site of an atrial septal defect, the flap is filleted to enlarge it using living tissue.
(19) It is less tender than fillet but much less expensive and often overlooked by those in search of a piece of steak to grill.
(20) But it doesn't stop there – shoppers are also stocking up on frozen salmon or cod fillets, ready-made frozen curries, chocolate-chip cookies and porridge oats.