edge vs inside

edge

noun
  • The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time) 

  • A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet. 

  • Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire. 

  • The boundary line of a surface. 

  • An advantage. 

  • The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc. 

  • A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally. 

  • The point of data production in an organization (the focus of edge computing), as opposed to the cloud. 

  • A level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax. 

  • A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge. 

  • A connected pair of vertices in a graph. 

verb
  • To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger. 

  • To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen. 

  • To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on. 

  • To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection. 

  • To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm. 

  • To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction. 

  • To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging. 

  • To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction. 

  • To win by a small margin. 

inside

noun
  • The interior or inner part. 

  • The inside scoop; information known only to certain involved people. 

  • The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference. 

  • The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right. 

  • (in the plural) The interior organs of the body, especially the guts. 

prep
  • Within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference. 

  • Within a period of time. 

adj
  • Legally married to or related to (e.g. born in wedlock to), and/or residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people. 

  • Toward the batter as it crosses home plate. 

  • At or towards or the left-hand side of the road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right. 

  • Of or pertaining to the inner surface, limit or boundary. 

  • Nearer to the interior or centre of something. 

  • Originating from, arranged by, or being someone inside an organisation. 

adv
  • In or to prison. 

  • Intimately, secretly; without expressing what one is feeling or thinking. 

  • Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building. 

  • Indoors. 

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