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Edge

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

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Adjoin 76% connected

To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.

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Advance 76% connected

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

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Bound 76% connected

of Bind

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Boundary 76% connected

That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit.

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Contact 76% connected

A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

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Demarcation 76% connected

The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit; separation; distinction.

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Furnish 76% connected

To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provis…

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Limit 76% connected

That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a…

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Meet 76% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Progress 76% connected

A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Sharpen 76% connected

To make sharp.

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Side 76% connected

The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distin…

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Superiority 76% connected

The quality, state, or condition of being superior; as, superiority of rank; superiority in merit.

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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Touch 76% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Urgency 76% connected

The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.

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Berm 76% connected

Alt. of Berme

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Bevel 76% connected

Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inclination of suc…

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Bezel 76% connected

The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.

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Border 76% connected

The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

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Brim 76% connected

The rim, border, or upper edge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything.

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Brink 76% connected

The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. A…

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Cant 76% connected

A corner; angle; niche.

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Chamfer 76% connected

The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc.

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Curb 76% connected

To bend or curve

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Curbing 76% connected

of Curb

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Deckle 76% connected

A separate thin wooden frame used to form the border of a hand mold, or a curb of India rubber or other material which rests on, and forms the edge o…

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Fringe 76% connected

An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but mor…

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Groin 76% connected

The snout of a swine.

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Hem 76% connected

Them

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Kerb 76% connected

See Curb.

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Limb 76% connected

A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.

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Lip 76% connected

One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to…

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Luff 76% connected

The side of a ship toward the wind.

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Margin 76% connected

A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake.

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Milling 76% connected

of Mill

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Molding 76% connected

of Mould

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Moulding 76% connected

of Mould

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Perimeter 76% connected

The outer boundary of a body or figure, or the sum of all the sides.

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Periphery 76% connected

The outside or superficial portions of a body; the surface.

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Rim 76% connected

The border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of something circular or curving; as, the rim of a kettle or basin.

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Roadside 76% connected

Land adjoining a road or highway; the part of a road or highway that borders the traveled part. Also used ajectively.

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Selvage 76% connected

Alt. of Selvedge

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Selvedge 76% connected

The edge of cloth which is woven in such a manner as to prevent raveling.

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Shoulder 76% connected

The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bo…

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Threshold 76% connected

The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entr…

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Verge 76% connected

A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean.

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Wayside 76% connected

The side of the way; the edge or border of a road or path.

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Neighbor 76% connected

A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off.

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Neighbour 76% connected

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Border 74% connected

The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

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Border 74% connected

The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

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Bound 74% connected

of Bind

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Bound 74% connected

of Bind

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Edgy 74% connected

Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper.

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Edgy 74% connected

Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper.

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Surround 74% connected

To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

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Surround 74% connected

To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

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Synonym 9

Abut 92% connected

To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road.

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Adjoin 92% connected

To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Border 92% connected

The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bound 92% connected

of Bind

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Boundary 92% connected

That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Butt 92% connected

Alt. of But

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Inch 92% connected

An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off the coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, etc.

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March 92% connected

The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

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Sharpness 92% connected

The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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