n. 1 brink, verge, border, side, rim, lip, brim; fringe, margin, boundary, bound, limit, bourn, perimeter, periphery I was hanging on to the very edge of the cliff The edge of the handkerchief was trimmed with lace. 2 acuteness, sharpness, keenness That hunting knife has quite an edge 3 harshness, sharpness, acrimony, pungency, force, urgency, effectiveness, incisiveness, causticity, virulence, vehemence There was an edge to her voice when she told me not to bother her 4 advantage, head start, superiority, lead, upper hand You're holding the gun, so I guess you have the edge on me 5 on edge. on tenterhooks, nervous, touchy, sensitive, prickly, itchy, tense, irascible, crabbed, irritable, peevish, apprehensive, with one's heart in one's mouth, edgy, anxious, ill at ease, restive, restless, fidgety, Colloq uptight, like a cat on a hot tin roof She was on edge waiting for the exam results
v. 6 inch, move, sidle, crawl, creep, steal, worm, work (one's way) The burglar was edging along the wall, 30 storeys above the street