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    edgeless
    [ˈejləs]
    definition
    1. adjective form of edge
    edge
    [ej]
    noun
    edge (noun) · edges (plural noun)
    1. the outside limit of an object, area, or surface; a place or part farthest away from the center of something:
      "a willow tree at the water's edge" · "these measures are merely tinkering at the edges of a wider issue"
      • an area next to a steep drop:
        "the cliff edge"
      • (the edge)
        the point immediately before something unpleasant or momentous occurs or someone loses control:
        "the economy was teetering on the edge of recession" · "they pushed themselves to the edge of exhaustion" · "Penn is chilling as a man pushed over the edge by death and destruction"
    2. the sharpened side of the blade of a cutting implement or weapon:
      "a knife with a razor-sharp edge"
      • the line along which two surfaces of a solid meet.
      • an intense, sharp, or striking quality:
        "a flamenco singer brings a primitive edge to the music" · "she was still smiling, but there was an edge to her voice"
    3. a quality or factor that gives superiority over close rivals or competitors:
      "the veal had the edge on flavor"
    verb
    edge (verb) · edges (third person present) · edged (past tense) · edged (past participle) · edging (present participle)
    1. provide with a border or edge:
      "the pool is edged with paving"
    2. move gradually, carefully, or furtively in a particular direction:
      "she tried to edge away from him" · "Hazel quietly edged him away from the others" · "Nick edged his way through the crowd"
      • US ENGLISH
        informal
        defeat by a small margin:
        "Connecticut avoided an upset and edged Yale 49–48"
    3. give an intense or sharp quality to:
      "desperation edged her voice"
    4. ski with one's weight on the edges of one's skis:
      "you will be edging early, controlling a parallel turn"
    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’.
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    Similar and Opposite Words
    noun
    1. the outside limit of an object, area, or surface; a place or part farthest away from the center of something:
      Opposite:
    2. a quality or factor that gives superiority over close rivals or competitors:
      Opposite:
    verb
    1. provide with a border or edge:
    2. move gradually, carefully, or furtively in a particular direction:
      inch (one's way)
      worm (one's way)
      work (one's way)
      pick one's way
      nose (one's way)
      ease (oneself)
      ease (one's way)
      advance slowly
      advance stealthily
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