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--v. 2 swirl, whirl, turn, spin: The wind eddied round us,
driving the dinghy this way and that.
edge n. 1 brink, verge, border, side, rim, lip, brim; fringe,
margin, boundary, bound, limit, bourn, perimeter, periphery: I
was hanging on to the very edge of the cliff. The edge of the
handkerchief was trimmed with lace. 2 acuteness, sharpness,
keenness: That hunting knife has quite an edge. 3 harshness,
sharpness, acrimony, pungency, force, urgency, effectiveness,
incisiveness, causticity, virulence, vehemence: There was an
edge to her voice when she told me not to bother her. 4
advantage, head start, superiority, lead, upper hand: You're
holding the gun, so I guess you have the edge on me. 5 on edge.
on tenterhooks, nervous, touchy, sensitive, prickly, itchy,
tense, irascible, crabbed, irritable, peevish, apprehensive,
with one's heart in one's mouth, edgy, anxious, ill at ease,
restive, restless, fidgety, Colloq uptight, like a cat on a hot
tin roof: She was on edge waiting for the exam results.
--v. 6 inch, move, sidle, crawl, creep, steal, worm, work
(one's way): The burglar was edging along the wall, 30 storeys
above the street.
edible adj. eatable, esculent, palatable, good or fit (to eat),
wholesome, Rare comestible: After the sell-by date, fresh food
is no longer considered edible.
edification
n. enlightenment, improvement, uplifting, enlightening,
guidance, education, information, tuition, teaching, schooling,
instruction: The exhibition is designed for both edification
and enjoyment.
edit v. 1 redact, copy-edit, rewrite, rephrase, modify, alter,
adapt, change, revise, correct, emend, style, restyle, polish,
touch up: His job is to edit the stories into idiomatic
English. 2 Often, edit out. blue-pencil, cut (out), delete,
censor, erase, bleep, blip; bowdlerize, expurgate, clean up:
They edited out all his slanderous asides before broadcasting
the interview. 3 cut, condense, compress, shorten, crop, reduce:
The story has to be edited so that it fits on one page. 4
prepare, compile, assemble, select, arrange, organize, order,