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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a specified kind of border or edge
Example:
dried sweat left salt-edged patches
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Similar:
bordered (having a border especially of a specified kind; sometimes used as a combining term)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as specified; often used in combination
Example:
a two-edged sword
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sharp (having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
Example:
a stinging comment
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Adjectives
Similar:
unkind (lacking kindness)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb edge
Context examples:
Beside his right hand a most formidable horn-handled, two-edged dagger lay upon the floor, and near it a black kid glove.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
TOP2-DPCs are most potently formed by pharmaceutical drugs that humans exploit to eradicate cancer cells, making TOP2-DPCs double-edged swords.
(DNA damage caused by cancer treatment reversed by ZATT protein, National Institutes of Health)
It was as ear-splitting as any whistle of a railway-engine; but whereas the whistle is a clear, mechanical, sharp-edged sound, this was far deeper in volume and vibrant with the uttermost strain of agony and horror.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
She was on the point of continuing her walk, when she caught a glimpse of a gentleman within the sort of grove which edged the park; he was moving that way; and, fearful of its being Mr. Darcy, she was directly retreating.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Brissenden paused and ran an insolent eye over Martin's objective poverty, passing from the well-worn tie and the saw- edged collar to the shiny sleeves of the coat and on to the slight fray of one cuff, winding up and dwelling upon Martin's sunken cheeks.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The photograph becomes a double-edged weapon now.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I went out of my senses immediately; became a mere driveller next day, on receipt of a little lace-edged sheet of note-paper, Favoured by papa.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The bear edged away to one side, growling menacingly, himself appalled by this mysterious creature that appeared upright and unafraid.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Her favourite walk, and where she frequently went while the others were calling on Lady Catherine, was along the open grove which edged that side of the park, where there was a nice sheltered path, which no one seemed to value but herself, and where she felt beyond the reach of Lady Catherine's curiosity.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
The head was like that of a fowl, the body that of a bloated lizard, the trailing tail was furnished with upward-turned spikes, and the curved back was edged with a high serrated fringe, which looked like a dozen cocks' wattles placed behind each other.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
