edge

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. The boundary line of a surface.
2. 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.
3. An advantage.
4. (also, figuratively) 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.
5. A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
6. Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
7. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)
8. A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
9. A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
10. A level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax.
11. (attributive, often) The point of data production in an organization (the focus of edge computing), as opposed to the cloud.

Verb

1. (transitive) To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
2. (intransitive) To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
3. To win by a small margin.
4. (transitive) To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
5. (transitive) To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
6. (transitive) To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
7. (transitive) To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
8. (transitive) To form a border to; to enclose, to border.
9. (figuratively) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
10. (intransitive, slang, transitive) To intentionally stay or keep someone extremely close to the point of orgasm for a long period of time.
11. (figuratively, slang, transitive) To agitate or exasperate (someone) due to constant delays of something.

Konzepte

Rand

Kante

Schneide

Grenze

Ufer

Ecke

Saum

Spitze

Winkel

Schärfe

Begrenzung

Klinge

Abgrenzung

einfassen

säumen

Vorteil

Seite

Zacke

schärfen

umsäumen

Schnitt

Landesgrenze

Rahmen

Umriss

-n

Nutzen

umranden

Grat

Trennungslinie

Übergelegenheit

Verdienst

Vorderkante

Vorsprung

Vorzug

Äußeres

Überschuß

Stahlkante

äußere Erscheinung

Rand eines Abhanges

Buchschnitt

schneidender Faden

Berandung

Trennungslinien

Streichlinie

Münzrand

Rändelung

Rand Rand

Abschnitt

antreiben

Bande

Synonyme

border

rim

side

margin

end

🔚

brink

hem

brim

fringe

bank

🏦

boundary

tip

verge

blade

shore

corner

limit

point

periphery

angle

selvage

lip

sharpen

sharpness

perimeter

bound

trim

frontier

ridge

edging

ledge

top

🔝

arc

kerb

grind

circumference

curb

advantage

extremity

list

marge

line

limb

limits

seam

rib

butt

brow

outskirts

skirt

Übersetzungen

bord

borde

bordo

orilla

orlo

borda

margine

rand

bordure

margen

kant

canto

côté

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ɛd͡ʒ/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: egge

Geerbt von Altenglisch: eċġ

Verwandt mit Niederländisch: egge

Verwandt mit Deutsch: Ecke

Verwandt mit Schwedisch: egg

Verwandt mit Norwegisch: egg

Verwandt mit Walisisch: hogi

Verwandt mit Latein: aciēs

Verwandt mit Lettisch: ašs

Verwandt mit Altgriechisch: ἀκίς

Verwandt mit Persisch: آس

In summary

From Middle English egge, from Old English eċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju, from Proto-Germanic *agjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).
See also Dutch egge, German Ecke, Swedish egg, Norwegian egg; also Welsh hogi (“to sharpen, hone”), Latin aciēs (“sharp”), acus (“needle”), Latvian ašs, ass (“sharp”), Ancient Greek ἀκίς (akís, “needle”), ἀκμή (akmḗ, “point”), and Persian آس (âs, “grinding stone”)).

Sätze

The Wisconsin River runs along the southern edge of the village .

Der Fluss Wisconsin verläuft am südlichen Rand des Dorfes.

When she saw the unknown object bobbing up and down the edge , she was absolutely horrified .

Als sie sah, dass das unbekannte Objekt den Rand hinauf und hinunter bewegte, war sie absolut entsetzt.