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| Main Entry: | edge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border, outline |
| Synonyms: | bend, bound, boundary, brim, brink, butt, circumference, contour, corner, crook, crust, curb, end, extremity, frame, fringe, frontier, hem, hook, ledge, limb, limit, line, lip, margin, molding, mouth, peak, perimeter, periphery, point, portal, rim, ring, shore, side, skirt, split, strand, term, threshold, tip, trimming, turn, verge, berm, outskirt |
| Antonyms: | center, inside, interior, middle, surface |
| Main Entry: | edge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | border, trim |
| Synonyms: | bind, bound, decorate, fringe, hem, margin, outline, rim, shape, skirt, surround, verge |
| Antonyms: | center |
| Main Entry: | edge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
| Synonyms: | allowance, ascendancy, bulge, dominance, draw, handicap, head start, lead, odds, start, superiority, upper hand*, vantage |
| Antonyms: | block, disadvantage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | edge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat narrowly |
| Synonyms: | creep, ease, inch, infiltrate, sidle, steal, nose out*, slip by, slip past, squeeze by, squeeze past, worm* |
| Antonyms: | lose, wallop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | edge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sharpen |
| Synonyms: | file, grind, hone, polish, sharpen, whet, strop |
| Antonyms: | blunt, dull, thicken |
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border, confine, skirt, rim, flange, side, mouth; jaws, chops, chaps, fauces; lip, muzzle., threshold, door, porch; portal (opening) [more]; coast, shore., frame, fringe, flounce, frill, list, trimming, edging, skirting, hem, selvedge, welt, furbelow, valance.
-adjectives
border, marginal, skirting; labial, labiated, marginated.
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| Main Entry: | advantage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | benefit, favored position or circumstance |
| Synonyms: | aid, ascendancy, asset, assistance, authority, avail, blessing, boon, break, choice, comfort, convenience, dominance, edge, eminence, favor, gain, good, gratification, help, hold, improvement, influence, interest, lead, leeway, leverage, luck, mastery, odds, position, power, precedence, preference, prestige, prevalence, profit, protection, recognition, resources, return, sanction, starting, superiority, support, supremacy, upper hand*, utility, wealth, expediency, leg-up, pre-eminence |
| Notes: | advantage is a relatively favorable position; superiority of means while vantage is a position, condition, or opportunity that is likely to provide superiority or an advantage |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage, drawback, handicap, hindrance, loss, obstacle, restriction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ascendancy/ascendency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | domination |
| Synonyms: | advantage, authority, command, control, dominance, dominion, edge, influence, jump*, mastery, power, predominance, prevalence, reign, rule, sovereignty, superiority, supremacy, sway, upper hand*, leg up, on top, preeminence, prepotence, whip hand |
| Antonyms: | decline, inferiority, subordination, powerlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cutting tool |
| Synonyms: | brand, edge, knife, shank, sword, cutlass, épée |
| Main Entry: | border |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bound on; be on the edge |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, bind, circumscribe, communicate, contour, decorate, define, delineate, edge, encircle, enclose, flank, frame, fringe, hem, join, line, march, margin, neighbor, outline, rim, side, skirt, surround, touch, trim, verge, be adjacent to, mark off, set off |
| Antonyms: | center, be inside |
| Main Entry: | boundary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outer limit |
| Synonyms: | ambit, barrier, beginning, border, borderline, brink, circumference, compass, confines, edge, end, environs, extent, extremity, frame, fringe, frontier, hem, horizon, line, march, margin, mark, mere, mete, outline, outpost, pale, perimeter, periphery, precinct, radius, rim, side, skirt, terminal, termination, verge, abuttals, borderland, bounds, circumscription, limits, line of demarcation, purlieus, terminus |
| Antonyms: | inside, interior, minimum |
| Main Entry: | bound/bounds |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | farthest limit |
| Synonyms: | boundary, compass, confine, edge, end, environs, extremity, fringe, limit, limitation, line, march, margin, pale, periphery, precinct, rim, term, termination, verge, purlieus |
| Antonyms: | inside, interior, minimum |
| Main Entry: | chisel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shaping tool |
| Synonyms: | blade, edge, gouge, knife, adze |
| Main Entry: | confines |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boundaries |
| Synonyms: | circumference, compass, country, dimension, edge, end, environs, extent, orbit, periphery, precinct, proportions, radius, range, reach, region, scope, sweep, term, terrain, territory, borders, bounds, limits, purlieus, purview |
| Antonyms: | open |
| Main Entry: | creep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crawl along, usually on ground |
| Synonyms: | edge, glide, grovel, gumshoe*, inch, insinuate, lurk, pussyfoot, scramble, skulk, slink, slither, snake*, sneak, squirm, steal, tiptoe, wriggle, writhe, approach unnoticed, crawl on all fours, scrabble, worm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stiff outer layer; coating |
| Synonyms: | band, bloom, border, coat, concretion, covering, edge, film, hull, integument, layer, outside, rind, shell, skin, surface, verge, caking, encrustation, incrustation, scab |
| Main Entry: | curb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restraining device; check |
| Synonyms: | barrier, border, brake, bridle, chain, control, deterrent, edge, harness, hindrance, ledge, limitation, lip, rein, restraint, restriction, rim, restrainer |
| Antonyms: | encouragement, opening |
| Main Entry: | extreme |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ultimate; limit |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, apogee, bitter end, boundary, ceiling, climax, consummation, crest, crown, culmination, depth, edge, end, excess, extremity, height, maximum, nadir, peak, pinnacle, pole, termination, top, utmost, uttermost, zenith, inordinancy, nth degree |
| Main Entry: | fringe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border, trimming |
| Synonyms: | binding, borderline, brim, brink, edge, flounce, hem, limit, march, margin, outside, outskirts, perimeter, periphery, ruffle, skirt, verge, edging, mane, rickrack, tassel |
| Antonyms: | center, inside, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | hem/hem in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose, restrict |
| Synonyms: | beset, border, bound, cage, circle, circumscribe, confine, corral, define, edge, encircle, encompass, envelop, environ, fence, fringe, girdle, immure, margin, pen, rim, ring, round, shut, skirt, surround, verge, begird, close in, hedge in, shut in |
| Antonyms: | release, let go |
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