Edged

Definition: Edged

Edged

Adjective

1. Having a specified kind of border or edge; "a black-edged card"; "dried sweat left salt-edged patches".

2. (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment".

3. Having a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as specified; often used in combination; "an edged knife"; "a two-edged sword".

Date "edged" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Synonyms: Edged

Synonyms: cutting (adj), stinging (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Sharpness	Cutting; sharp edged, knife edged; sharp as a razor, keen as a razor; sharp as a needle, sharp as a tack; sharpened; Verb: set
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Edged

English words defined with "edged": Cutling ♦ dried-up ♦ edge ♦ Fringed lear ♦ inch ♦ King tody ♦ laced, luna moth ♦ Razor grass ♦ sear, sere, shriveled, shrivelled ♦ unmodulated ♦ whetstone, withered. (references)

Specialty definitions using "edged": AUTOMATIC PATTERN EDGER ♦ car cleaner, CAR SCRUBBER, CIRCULAR SAW OPERATOR ♦ DISTRESSER, drill-sharpener operator ♦ Hoods ♦ MICA SIZER ♦ passenger-car scrubber ♦ TOOL DRESSER. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Yes! He edged out my old mark by two seconds (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert)
Lyrics	Your eyes are edged with tears (19TH NERVOUS BREAKDOWN; performing artist: The Rolling Stones)
Movie/TV Titles	Edged Tools (1917) The Two Edged Sword (1916)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Freedom Is a Two Edged Sword (Oriflamme Series) (reference) GERMAN SWORDS AND SWORD MAKERS: EDGED WEAPON MAKERS FROM THE 14TH TO THE 20TH CENTURIES (reference) Knives: Military Edged Tools & Weapons (Brassey's Modern Military Equipment) (reference) The Naked Edge: The Complete Guide to Edged Weapons Defense (reference) (more book examples)

Consumer Goods	Vaughan & Bushnell 250RBD Double Edged Bear Saw Replacement Blade (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Washington Irving	Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
	A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The edged fitted exactly, and the strip completed the coat
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	He put his shovel down, and holding the box in front of him, he edged through the brush until he came to the edge of the swift stream
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The newfound ability to probe our genes, however, can be a double- edged sword. (references)
Business		In 1997, the production rose to 44.7 million tons, up 5.5 percent from the previous year (42.4 million tons) and the continuous-casting ratio edged up to 98.3 percent as a result of on-going facility modernization. (references)
Economic History	Iceland	Flag: Red cross edged in white on a blue field. (references)
	Ireland	However, the "Celtic Tiger's" inflation rate has edged up over the past year. (references)
	Israel	Likud edged Labor out by one seat but was unable to form a coalition with the religious and right wing parties. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Gerald Ford	1974-1977	The opportunities for a final settlement are great, and the price of failure is a return to the bloodshed and hatred that for too long have brought tragedy to all of the peoples of this area and repeatedly edged the world to the brink of war.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Edged" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 55.49% of the time. "Edged" is used about 328 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past tense)	55.49%	182	22,870
Lexical Verb (past participle)	29.88%	98	33,072
Adjective (general or positive)	14.63%	48	49,194
Total	100.00%	328	N/A

Expressions using "edged": double edged ♦ edged timber ♦ edged tool ♦ knife edged ♦ play with edged tools ♦ round edged ♦ saw edged ♦ sharp edged ♦ sharp edged gust ♦ two edged sword. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "edged": edged-woodworking.
	Ending with "edged": black-edged, gold-edged, hard-edged, lace-edged, rough-edged, saw-edged, silver-edged, sprung-edged, two-edged, waney-edged, white-edged.
	Containing "edged": double-edged weapon, gilt-edged securities.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "edged"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		me nënkuptime (double edged), me dy tehe (double edged), me dy prese (double edged), me dy kuptime (double edged, double-barrelled), i dhëmbëzuar (dentate, denticulate, dentiform, jagged, jaggy, jugged, rugged, saw edged, serrated, toothed). (various references)

Arabic		‏سيف ذو حدين (rapier, two edged sword), ‏ذو حدين حدين (two edged sword), ‏ذو حدين (double edged). (various references)

Bulgarian		с две остриета (double edged, two-edged), назъбен (crenellated, dentate, denticulate, indented, iron-bound, jagged, lacerated, notched, ragged, rugged, saw edged, serrated, toothed). (various references)

Chinese		渐近. (various references)

Czech		dvouseèný (double edged), dvojseèný (double edged, two-edged). (various references)

Danish		vankantet (round edged, unedged, waney-edged), springgust (sharp edged gust), normalklinke (square edged), guldsnit (burnished edges, gilt edged), fuldkantet trae (edged timber, square-edged sawn timber), bomkantet (round edged, unedged, waney-edged), afskåret plade (edged board). (various references)

Dutch		eersteklas fondsen (blue chip shares, blue chip stocks, gilt edged securities, gilts), verguld op snee (gilt edged), scherpe windstoot (sharp edged gust), plaat met randafwerking (edged board), ongekantrecht hout (round edged, unedged, unedged sawn timber, unedged timber, waney sawn timber, waney-edged), met scherpe kant (square edged), hout met waankant (round edged, unedged, waney-edged), gekantrecht hout (die-square, edged timber, square-cut, squared, square-edged sawn timber). (various references)

Finnish		vajaasärmäinen (round edged, unedged, waney-edged), särmätty puulevy (edged board), särmätty levy (edged board), särmäämätön (round edged, unedged, waney-edged), kultasyrjäinen (gilt edged), äkkipuuska (sharp edged gust). (various references)

French		rafale instantanée (sharp edged gust), panneau massicoté (edged board), panneau avivé (edged board), non déligné (round edged), doré sur tranches (gilt edged), bois scié avivé (edged timber), bois avivé (edged timber), épée à double tranchant (two edged sword), à double tranchant (double edged), à deux tranchant (double edged), à bord vif (square edged). (various references)

German		kantig (angular, craggy, edgy, Square), Kanten (cant, crust, edge, edges, heel, tilt). (various references)

Greek		καλοπελεκημένο ξύλο (edged timber, square-edged sawn timber), γωνιοτομημένο ξύλο (edged timber, square-edged sawn timber), ξεφαρδισμένο πανό (edged board), με οξέα άκρα,οξυτετμημένο (square edged), επιχρυσωμένος στις πλευρές (gilt edged), απαρύφωτος (round edged, unedged, waney-edged), οξεία ανεμοριπή (sharp edged gust). (various references)

Hebrew		מחודד (acute, edgy, pointed, sharp, taper). (various references)

Hungarian		recés szélû (saw edged), kétélû kard (two edged sword), kétélû (double edged, double sharp, two-edged), hegyes (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, edgy, fine, hilly, keen, lurid, mountainous, peaky, poignant, pointed, pointy, rangy, sharp, sharp-edged, spiked, spiky, tapering), éles (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, clangorous, crispy, cutting, edgy, harsh, have a keen edge, high pitched, incisive, keen, live, lurid, nipping, nippy, penetrating, perspicacious, plucky, poignant, pointed, pungent, quick, reedy, rough, sarky, sharp, sharp-edged, shrewd, shrill, slashing, snap, squall, strident, to highlight, trenchant). (various references)

Italian		tagli dorati (gilt edged), raffica istantanea (sharp edged gust), pannello spigolato (edged board), non refilato (round edged, unedged, waney-edged), legname a spigolo vivo (edged timber, square-edged sawn timber), a spigolo vivo (square edged, square-cornered, square-edged, square-jointed). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		刃物 (cutlery, edged tool). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		きれもの (cutlery, edged tool, sharp and able person, shrewd businessman), はもの (an odd piece, cutlery, edged tool, foliage plants, odds and ends). (various references)

Korean		테를 다는 (rimed, rimmed). (various references)

Manx		geyre (abrupt, acrid, acute, austere, bitter, bold, bold promintary, censorious, cutting, discerning, hard, high-pitched, incisive, knifelike, penetrating, piercing, poignant, pointed, pungent, quick of sight, sharp, sour, stiff, strict, stringent, twinging), foyragh (cutting, incisive, keen, mordant, sharp, sharp-edged, steely). (various references)

Pig Latin		edgeday.(various references)

Portuguese		rajada violenta e súbita (sharp edged gust), painel orlado (edged board), não alinhada (round edged, unedged, waney-edged), madeira serrada em esquadria (edged timber, square-edged sawn timber), madeira esquadriada (balks, baulks, edged timber, rectangular timber, sawn timber, scantling, squared timber, square-edged sawn timber, timber), dourar o corte (gilt edged), bordo vivo (square edged). (various references)

Romanian		ascuţit (acute, argute, biting, clipping, edgy, fast, fine, high, high pitched, keen, keenly, knife-edged, mordacious, peaked, piercing, poignant, pointed, pointedly, pungent, quick, screaming, sharp, shrewd, shrill, smart, spiky, stinging, subtle, trenchant, whetted, witty). (various references)

Russian		обоюдоострый (double edged, double sharp, two-edged). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nazubljen kao testera (saw edged), dvosmislen (ambiguous, double edged, double meaning, double-barrelled, equivocal, evasive, indeterminate), dvosekli (double edged). (various references)

Spanish		tablero canteado (edged board), sin escuadrar (round edged, unedged, waney-edged), ráfaga brusca (sharp edged gust), madera aserrada con canto vivo (edged timber, square-edged sawn timber), dorado en los cortes (gilt edged), de dos filos (double edged), canto vivo (square edged). (various references)

Swedish		tveeggad (double edged, on the air, two-edged). (various references)

Turkish		uçlu (pointed, tipped), sivri (acute, beaked, jagged, nipping, pointed, pungent, sharp, sharp pointed, spinose, spinous, spired, spiry), keskin (acrid, acute, biting, bitter, blazing, chiseled, chiselled, cutting, dead, deep, exquisite, incisive, keen, keen-edged, mordacious, nipping, nippy, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, piquant, poignant, pointed, pungent, quick, searching, severe, sharp, sharp cut, sharp-edged, sharp-set, smart, sour, spiky, splitting, stinging, strong, tart, trenchant), kenarlı (brimmed, sided). (various references)

Ukrainian		що допускає подвійне тлумачення (double edged), двогострий (ancipital, double edged). (various references)

Vietnamese		có rìa, có lề (marginate), có gờ, có cạnh, có bờ (marginate). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	ancipitem, ancipites, ancipiti. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Exodus Chapter 39, Verse 23
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai eiden mwushV panta ta erga kai hsan pepoihkoteV auta on tropon sunetaxen kurioV tw mwush outwV epoihsan auta kai euloghsen autouV mwushV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et tintinabula de auro mundissimo quae posuerunt inter mala granata in extrema parte tunicae per gyrum
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And litil bellis of moost puyr gold, the whiche thei puttiden bitwix the powmbe garnettis, in the nether more party of the coote bi enuyroun;
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Ad the heade of the tunycle was in the middest of it as the color of a partlet, with a bonde rounde aboute the color, that it shulde not rent,
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And there was a hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band around the hole, that it should not rend.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	With a hole at the top in the middle, like the hole in the coat of a fighting-man, edged with a band to make it strong.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Exodus Chapter 39, Verse 23
Cebuano	Ug ang liab sa taliwala niini, ingon sa liab sa usa ka kamisin nga may ribite sa paglibut sa liab aron kini dili magisi.
Croatian	U sredini je ogrtaèa bio prorez kao otvor na oklopu, prorez naokolo opšiven, da se ogrtaè ne podere.
Danish	Midt på havde Kåben en Halsåbning ligesom Halsåbningen på en Panserskjorte, omgivet af en Linning, for at den ikke skulde rives itu,
Dutch	En het gat des mantels was in deszelfs midden, als het gat eens pantsiers; dit gat had een boord rondom, dat het niet gescheurd wierd.
Finnish	Ja pääntie viitan keskellä oli niinkuin haarniskan aukko, ja pääntie ympäröitiin päärmeellä, ettei se repeäisi.
French	Il y avait, au milieu de la robe, une ouverture comme l`ouverture d`une cotte de mailles, et cette ouverture était bordée tout autour, afin que la robe ne se déchirât pas.
German	und sein Loch oben mitteninne und eine Borte ums Loch her gefaltet, daß er nicht zerrisse.
Haitian Creole	Nan mitan rad la, yo fè yon twou pou pase nan tèt prèt la, epi yo mete yon doubli nan ankoli a tankou yo fè l' pou varèz an po bèt yo, pou li pa chire.
Hungarian	És a palást közepén levõ nyílás olyan vala, mint a pánczélnak nyílása; szegése vala a nyílásnak köröskörül, hogy el ne szakadjon.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Lubang lehernya diperkuat dengan pita tenunan supaya tidak mudah koyak.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka potongan leher baju itu adalah pada sama tengahnya seperti potongan leher baju zirha, maka potongan leher itu bernia keliling, supaya jangan ia itu koyak.
Italian	la scollatura del manto, in mezzo, era come la scollatura di una corazza: intorno aveva un bordo, perché non si lacerasse.
Maori	Ko te kohao i waenganui o te koroka, he pera me te kohao o te pukupuku, me te whiri ano i te kohao a huri noa, kei pakaru.
Norwegian	Midt på overkjortelen var det en åpning - likesom åpningen på en brynje - og rundt omkring åpningen var det en bord, forat den ikke skulde revne.
Portuguese	e a abertura do manto no meio dele, como a abertura de cota de malha; esta abertura tinha um debrum em volta, para que não se rompesse.
Rumanian	La mijlocul mantiei, sus, era o gurq ca gura unei platowe; gura aceasta era tivitq de jur kmprejur, ca sq nu se rupq.
Russian	Й УТЕДЙ ЧЕТИОЕК ТЙЪЩ ПФЧЕТУФЙЕ, ЛБЛ ПФЧЕТУФЙЕ Х ВТПОЙ, Й ЧПЛТХЗ ОЕЗП ПВЫЙЧЛХ, ЮФПВЩ ОЕ ДТБМПУШ;
Spanish	La túnica tenía una abertura en medio de ella como abertura de coraza de cuero, con un borde alrededor de la abertura, para que no se rompiera.
Swedish	Och mitt på kåpan gjordes en öppning, lik öppningen på en pansarskjorta; öppningen omgavs nämligen med en kant, för att den icke skulle slitas sönder.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words ending with "edged": acknowledged, dredged, featheredged, fledged, hedged, impledged, kedged, pledged, repledged, selvedged, sledged, unacknowledged, unfledged, unhedged, wedged. (additional references)
	Words containing "edged": acknowledgedly. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Edged" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: degged, Eadgbe, ebdg, eded, edg, edget, edgey, Edgren, edled, edret, eduge, egend, eid-eid, Gedgey, idget. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "edged" (pronounced e"jd)
3	e" j d	alleged, dredged, fledged, hedged, pledged, unhedged, wedged.
2	-j d	abridged, acknowledged, adjudged, advantaged, aged, arranged, assuaged, avenged, averaged, bandaged, barged, besieged, bridged, budged, bulged, caged, challenged, changed, charged, converged, cringed, damaged, deluged, deranged, disadvantaged, discharged, judged, leveraged, lodged, lunged, discouraged, disengaged, disgorged, dislodged, disparaged, diverged, divulged, dodged, emerged, encouraged, engaged, enlarged, enraged, envisaged, estranged, exchanged, expunged, forged, fudged, gauged, gouged, hemorrhaged, hinged, indulged, infringed, managed, merged, mischarged, misjudged, mismanaged, mortgaged, nudged, obliged, outraged, overcharged, packaged, paged, pillaged, plunged, prearranged, prejudged, prepackaged, presaged, privileged, purged, raged, rampaged, ranged, ravaged, rearranged, recharged, reemerged, repackaged, restaged, ridged, salvaged, savaged, scrounged, shortchanged, singed, smudged, splurged, sponged, staged, submerged, supercharged, surged, teenaged, trudged, turbocharged, unabridged, unchallenged, unchanged, undamaged, unhinged, unmanaged, upstaged, urged, voyaged, waged.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-d-e-e-g"
	-1 letter: deed, edge, geed.
	-2 letters: dee, ged, gee.
	-3 letters: de, ed.
	Words containing the letters "d-d-e-e-g"
	+1 letter: dredge, gelded, hedged, kedged, wedged.
	+2 letters: deeding, degrade, degreed, deigned, deluged, dredged, dredger, dredges, fledged, pledged, sledged.
	+3 letters: badgered, begirded, budgeted, cudgeled, daggered, danegeld, dangered, debugged, defanged, defogged, degassed, degermed, deglazed, degraded, degrader, degrades, degummed, degusted, demerged, deranged, designed, deterged, digested, diverged, dogeared, dredgers, engilded, engirded, fidgeted, gandered, gardened, gendered, hardedge, regarded, regilded, regraded, rejudged, unhedged.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
edged weapon	29
edged square	23
double edged sword	8
edged ethnographic forum weapon	6
edged jagged	4
wire edged ribbon	4
black edged in letter	4
edged glass	3
the two edged sword	3
double edged knife	3
edged	3
edged german weapon	3
edged gotkin handmade jewelry knife larry weapon	2
edged stainless steel strip	2
edged tulle wire	2
double edged razor	2
black edged in letter lyrics	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Edged

Definition: Edged

Edged

Adjective

Synonyms: Edged

Synonyms within Context: Edged

Sharpness

Crosswords: Edged

Modern Usage: Edged

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Washington Irving

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Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

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Gerald Ford

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Ancestral Language Translations: Edged

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Matched Bible Translations: Edged

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