edge

n

1. border, rim, margin, lip, fringe, periph ery, perimeter, skirt; circumference, circuit, compass, ambit, outline, frame; bound, limit, bourn, pale, extremity, outer limits, apogee; brink, brow, verge, brim.

2. cutting-edge, knife-edge, razor-edge, feather-edge.

3.(all of tone of voice, appetite, etc.) sharpness, keenness, acuteness, pointedness; harshness, severity, vehemence; virulence, causticity, acrimony, trenchancy.

4.Informal. advantage, handicap, head start, Inf. jump; upper hand, whip hand. See alsoadvantage(def2).

5. on edge

a. nervous, on tenterhooks, Inf. on pins and needles, Sl. antsy; tense, uneasy, ill at ease, apprehensive, Inf. with one's heart in one's mouth.b. impatient, eager, avid, intent, keen, ardent, desirous, champing at the bit, Inf. raring to go, Sl. psyched.

v

6. sharpen, acuminate, put an edge on; whet, hone, strop, strap, file.

7. border, fringe, befringe, trimp; blind; purfle; purl.

8. sidle, veer, skew, sidestep, sideslip, go sideways.

9. creep, crawl, inch along, worm along; slink, pad, prowl, snake.