as in sharpened
having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something
always store your finely edged knives in a knife block
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as in bordered
to serve as a border for
pavement edging the flower bed
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Recent Examples of edged
Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2022
Leading without a baton, Luisi uses his hands to mold sounds alternately soft- and hard-edged, dark and dense or bright and shiny.
—Dallas News, 18 Feb. 2022
CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Flower Mound Coram Deo edged Sugar Land Logos Prep in the team standings by a score of 296-237.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
In his hands, Danny’s charms quickly curdle into selfishness and sharp-edged violence.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2022
Leading without a baton, Luisi uses his hands to mold sounds alternately soft- and hard-edged, dark and dense or bright and shiny.
—Dallas News, 18 Feb. 2022
Verb
Linn Svahn edged defending Olympic champion Jonna Sundling with Maja Dahlqvist in third place in a race watched by Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf.
—CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Flower Mound Coram Deo edged Sugar Land Logos Prep in the team standings by a score of 296-237.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for edged
Verb
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Duah and Tverskov said the three-and-a-half-week training camp sharpened efforts to cash in on corner kicks and other set pieces.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Charlie’s prevailing disgust with his fellow-officers, most of whom all but openly take part in a human-trafficking operation, is sharpened when a young migrant from Mexico, named Maria, has her infant stolen while they’re being held in a detention camp.—
Alexander Nazaryan,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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The Hurst building was near Camden Station and nearly bordered the Howard Street Tunnel.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Feb. 2026
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Located on Costa Rica's northwestern coast and bordered by the Pacific Ocean, Tamarindo is a place of beauty and relaxation.—
Samantha Leal,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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That's partly correlation -- healthier people are more likely to work than sicker people -- but staying in the workplace can also help people stay sharp, according to Debra Whitman, chief public policy officer for AARP.—
Paige Winfield Cunningham The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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The tension in a luge sled allows athletes to manipulate it just so, digging in the runners and steering with sharp precision around curves.—
Lindsay Schnell,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Information would go from bounded to ubiquitous.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Feb. 2026
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The zone is bounded by State Route 237 to the north, Calabazas Creek to the west, Highway 101 and Montague Expressway to the south and the Guadalupe River to the east.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Edged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edged. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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