An edged knife. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A black-edged card. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : dull-edged; a two-edged sword. ,an edged reply. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges. ,the edge of a cliff; the edge of disaster. ,a book with gilt edges. ,an edge of a box. ,The knife has lost its edge. ,The snack took the edge off his hunger. Her voice had an edge to it. ,He gained the edge on his opponent. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to edge a terrace with shrubbery; to edge a skirt with lace. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : to edge through a crowd. ,a car edging up to a curb. From Dictionary.com.
Gross margin edged up to 59.4% from 59.2%, mostly driven by prior cost cuts. From Wordnik.com. [Colgate Profit Rises Despite Drop in Sales] Reference
This is since personification with technology can be the stand in edged sword. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-11-01] Reference
Gross margin edged down to 51.1% from 52.3% mostly on elevated trade promotions. From Wordnik.com. [Alberto-Culver Profit Rises 31% on Stronger Sales] Reference
This is since regulating jailbreaking collection have been the stand in edged sword. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-11-01] Reference
And Shiloh's chronicler would surely surface to see his name edged in 12-point type along some bassinette. From Wordnik.com. [Zarqawi vs. the Brangelina Baby] Reference
"I think we should considermaking love," he said, each word edged with a rough timbre. From Wordnik.com. [Warrior's Baby]
Saudi Arabia's GDP in real terms edged up 0.15 percent in 2009, the finance ministry said on Monday. From Wordnik.com. [Moneycontrol Top Headlines] Reference
But Purun Bhagat never moved, and, little by little, the royal stag edged up and nuzzled his shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Jungle Book] Reference
The health care reform that dares not speak its name edged out of the shadows yesterday with a editorial suggesting. From Wordnik.com. [The Moderate Voice] Reference
Gross margin edged down to 43.4% from 43.9%. From Wordnik.com. [Kellogg Net Falls as Cereal Sales Slip] Reference
Yesterday I noticed a few "edged" comments toward the goblin fans in this round. From Wordnik.com. [Free Copies of Stepsister!] Reference
She looked at him, looked at the giant beer glass in his hand, laughed and kind of edged away. From Wordnik.com. [Just deserts] Reference
2002 Olympian Tommy Czeschin edged Travis Rice in the men's contest, with Andy Finch fourth and Ross Powers fifth. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Pikus-Pace slides to third World Cup win, weekly honor] Reference
He was found with an apparent self-inflicted injury and police had to forcibly take an "edged" weapon from him. From Wordnik.com. Reference
His response was characteristically edged and allusive. From Wordnik.com. [Exit Olmert] Reference
Party leaders know the Internet is a double-edged weapon. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Firewall Of China] Reference
Dole consistently edged out Al Gore in popularity surveys. From Wordnik.com. [Saying Farewell To A Futile Campaign] Reference
But the FCC has barely edged away from the subsidy system. From Wordnik.com. [Telephone Straddle] Reference
Mike Huckabee edged out Romney to win the GOP convention there. From Wordnik.com. [Romney, Running Uphill] Reference
I got up and edged closer, thinking, Please, don't let him be dead. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Birds In Winter] Reference
But it was adoration tinged with envy, which is always double-edged. From Wordnik.com. [The Fame Game: Why Everyone's Gloating] Reference
"It's the classic double-edged sword of immune response," says Kaplan. From Wordnik.com. [A 'Bad' Drug May Turn Out To Do Good] Reference
I muttered the only two words I knew, "kroner" and "skol," and edged away. From Wordnik.com. [AVOIDING THE CROSS HAIRS] Reference
Someone gently edged a pillow under her head and pressed a rosary into her hand. From Wordnik.com. [Bobby's Last, Longest Day] Reference
His hard-edged humanism disdains glamour and nostalgia-no bridesheads are revisited here. From Wordnik.com. [A Long Day's Journey Into Light] Reference
It's kind of Julia squared, a double-edged story of food and love, cooking and redemption. From Wordnik.com. [Comfort Foodies] Reference
The challenge is to meld this idea with a harder-edged challenge to the culture of Washington. From Wordnik.com. [THE DEMOCRATS' NEW RED MEAT] Reference
We have to wake up to the fact that gentrification is, like so many things, a double-edged sword. From Wordnik.com. ['This Is A Wake-Up Call'] Reference
Now Sega has edged ahead, lofted into dominance on the strength of its supercharged Genesis system. From Wordnik.com. [Fight To The Finish] Reference
The USS Independence, an aircraft carrier on a Pacific exercise, edged closer to the Korean peninsula. From Wordnik.com. [Looking For Leverage] Reference
The creditable ballplayer who might have made the team in a smaller school is edged out by better athletes. From Wordnik.com. [The Problem Of The Megaschool] Reference
The account described how document dumping at the firm accelerated as Clinton edged closer to the presidency. From Wordnik.com. [Whitewater Torture] Reference
But every once in a while something or someone slips, and you realize that their voices are edged with malice. From Wordnik.com. [The Prince of Bromides] Reference
In the fourth quarter last year, China edged ahead of Japan to become the largest net buyer of U.S. Treasury bonds. From Wordnik.com. [Worst-Case Scenario: The Asian Factor] Reference
It is that their party's base wants to hear a hard-edged questioning of the many functions of the federal government. From Wordnik.com. [Turbulence In The House] Reference
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