[ɛdʒ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the outside limit of an object, area, or surface
(e.g: a willow tree at the water's edge)

- the sharpened side of the blade of a cutting implement or weapon
(e.g: a knife with a razor-sharp edge)

- a quality or factor which gives superiority over close rivals
(e.g: his cars have the edge over his rivals')


Phrases:
- on edge
- on the edge of one's seat
- over the edge
- set someone's teeth on edge
- take the edge off

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), from an Indo-European root shared by Latin acies ‘edge’ and Greek akis ‘point’

[ɛdʒ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- provide with a border or edge
(e.g: the pool is edged with paving)

- move or cause to move gradually or furtively in a particular direction
(e.g: she tried to edge away from him)

- give an intense or sharp quality to
(e.g: desperation edged her voice)

- strike (the ball) with the edge of the bat; strike a ball delivered by (the bowler) with the edge of the bat
(e.g: he edged a ball into his pad)

- ski with one's weight on the edges of one's skis
(e.g: you will be edging early, controlling a parallel turn)


Phrases:
- on edge
- on the edge of one's seat
- over the edge
- set someone's teeth on edge
- take the edge off

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), from an Indo-European root shared by Latin acies ‘edge’ and Greek akis ‘point’