edge

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

rand

kant

boord

grens

wal

oever

🏦

kust

snee

snede

zoom

walkant

band

begrenzing

belang

gewin

omzomen

pré

profijt

scherpen

slijpen

voordeel

baat

waterkant

winst

zomen

canto

graat

rib

ribbe

bergkam

scherpe rand

scherpte

afbakening

gevellijst

blad

tak

visgraat

contour

voorsprong

vorst

berm

kantlijn

Band

wetten

kling

kam

lemmer

lijn

marge

nok

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

bord

Rand

Kante

borde

bordo

orilla

orlo

borda

Schneide

margine

bordure

margen

côté

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɛd͡ʒ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: egge

Overgenomen van Oudengels: eċġ

Verwant aan Nederlands: egge

Verwant aan Duits: Ecke

Verwant aan Zweeds: egg

Verwant aan Noors: egg

Verwant aan Welsh: hogi

Verwant aan Latijn: aciēs

Verwant aan Lets: ašs

Verwant aan Oudgrieks: ἀκίς

Verwant aan Perzisch: 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”)).

Zinnen

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

De rivier de Wisconsin loopt langs de zuidelijke rand van het dorp.

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

Toen ze het onbekende object op en neer op de rand zag dobberen, was ze absoluut geschokt.