(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.
Kerb
Definition:
(n.) See Curb.
Example Sentences:
(1) Suddenly, several lanes of cars and buses are zipping past, but Calvo pays no heed – we are on a smooth, green-tarmacked bike lane, separated from motor traffic by both a raised kerb and a waist-high fence.
(2) Then, in March, London's Kerb street food markets approached us and it's been full-on since.
(3) ‘The theory is that if walkers and drivers occupy the same space they’ll behave more responsibly.’ Photograph: Olivia Woodhouse Its big idea, which originated with Moylan, was to create a "shared space" whereby pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles all occupy the same surface, without kerbs or barriers to separate them.
(4) She believes a suitable new one would cost more than £30,000 and have neither all the functions of her original chair nor meet her mobility requirements, which include travelling on London Underground, going up five-inch kerbs and the ability to go up and down stairs.
(5) Other Off The Kerb clients include Jo Brand, Rich Hall, Phill Jupitus and Sean Lock.
(6) Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian It is not illegal to sell sex in Britain, but activities associated with prostitution – such as operating a brothel, soliciting and kerb-crawling – are outlawed.
(7) I stepped off the kerb and walked towards the passenger side of his car and as I did I saw a shotgun lying across the seat pointing towards me.
(8) He said: “I heard a wheel definitely hit a kerb, quite a loud crunch noise, I looked up and saw a car clearly hitting people as it came towards me.
(9) Their quality can surely be gauged by being the only people in the country who had not heard that Savile dated mortuary corpses, kerb-crawled in a camper van and was an enthusiastic nick-sniffer.
(10) The lack of kerbs is good for people in wheelchairs, but can be disconcerting for blind people, as a result of which Guide Dogs took the borough to court, which must have been an uncomfortable experience for the politicians.
(11) Segregation – separating bikes by a physical barrier like a raised kerb or fence – is something of a holy grail for campaigners, who argue it makes cycling accessible to people of all ages, allowing them to trundle along at slow speeds in everyday clothes.
(12) It happens all the time so I’m used to it - Wolverhampton (Male) An HGV pulled out from a side street and turned right, cutting me up and forcing me to stop at the kerb … [Felt] like he did it on purpose as I was ‘only a cyclist’ so it didn’t matter if he cut me up.
(13) Four women in the Bournemouth area contacted officers with allegations of rape, sexual assault and kerb-crawling that have been linked to Worboys.
(14) He said: “I heard a wheel definitely hit a kerb, quite a loud crunch noise.
(15) Paid-for consensual sex is currently legal in Northern Ireland though activities such as kerb crawling, brothel keeping and pimping are against the law.
(16) How to slow down traffic: ditch kerbs, keep potholes, plant trees Read more Tracy Jessop, Norfolk’s assistant director for highways, said the council had been removing some central white lines for more than a decade in places where there was local support.
(17) Selling sex is not illegal in the UK, but certain associated activities - soliciting, kerb crawling and running a brothel are.
(18) I don’t want this, I have the abilities to work, why are they taking my job away?” Former detective superintendent Alan Caton, who led Ipswich’s response to the murders of five women who worked as prostitutes in 2006, emphasised a different approach, that police had successfully operated a “zero tolerance” approach to sex work after the murders – cracking down on kerb crawlers, while not prosecuting women.
(19) Ross is his highest profile client, but Cresswell promotes a roster of talent with his company Off the Kerb that includes Lee Evans, Jack Dee and Mark Lamarr.
(20) Several protesters smashed kerb stones to throw at police, while others threw stones and shouted abuse at a wall of advancing officers.