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Edge is a synonym of bind.


In lang=en terms the difference between edge and bind

is that edge is to delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm while bind is to put together in a cover, as of books.

As nouns the difference between edge and bind

is that edge is the boundary line of a surface while bind is that which binds or ties.

As verbs the difference between edge and bind

is that edge is to move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction while bind is to tie; to confine by any ligature.

edge

English

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The boundary line of a surface.
  • (label) 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.
  • An advantage.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=December, author=Paul Voss
  • , magazine=(IEEE Spectrum), title= Small Drones Deserve Sensible Regulation , passage=It’s no secret that the United States may be losing its edge in civilian aviation. Nowhere is this more apparent than with small unmanned aircraft, those tiny flying robots that promise to transform agriculture, forestry, pipeline monitoring, filmmaking, and more.}}
  • 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.
  • * (William Shakespeare), (Cymbeline)'', Act 3, Scene 4, 1818, ''The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare , Volume 6, C. Whittingham, London, page 49,
  • No, 'tis slander; / Whose edge is sharper than the sword;
  • * 1833 , Adam Clarke (editor), (w)'', II, 12, ''The New Testament , page 929,
  • And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges :
  • A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
  • * 1598 , (William Shakespeare), (w, Love's Labour's Lost)'', Act 4, Scene 1, 1830, (George Steevens) (editor), ''The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare , Volume 1, page 166,
  • Here by, upon the edge of yonder coppice; / A stand, where you may make the fairest shoot.
  • * 1667 , (John Milton), (Paradise Lost)'', 1824, Edwartd Hawkins (editor), ''The Poetical Works of John Milton , Volume 1, page 32,
  • In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge / Of battle when it rag'd, in all assaults
  • * 1820 , , (Ivanhoe)'', 1833, ''The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott , Volume 3, page 9,
  • .
  • Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
  • * , (Jeremy Taylor), Sermon X: The Faith and Patience of the Saints, Part 2'', ''The Whole Sermons of Jeremy Taylor , 1841, page 69,
  • Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can have, if we do not set an edge upon them by our fears and by our vices.
  • * 1820 , , (Ivanhoe) , 1827, page 175,
  • we are to turn the full edge of our indignation upon the accursed instrument, which had so well nigh occasioned his utter falling away.
  • The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening.
  • * 1853 (1670), (John Milton), Charles R. Sumner (translator), (The History of Britain)'', ''The Prose Works of John Milton , Volume V, page 203,
  • supposing that the new general, unacquainted with his army, and on the edge of winter, would not hastily oppose them.
  • (label) A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
  • * 2004 March 29, R. Bharat Rao Short report: Ind-Pak T1D2 Session 1 in rec.sports.cricket, Usenet
  • Finally another edge for 4, this time dropped by the keeper
  • (label) A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
  • In male masturbation, a level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax; see also edging .
  • Synonyms

    * (advantage) advantage, gain * (sharp terminating border) brink, lip, margin, rim, boundary * (in graph theory) line

    Derived terms

    * bottom edge * inside edge * live on the edge * on edge * outside edge * top edge

    See also

    * Mathworld article on the edges of polygons * Mathworld article on the edges of polyhedra * Science book

    Verb

    (edg)
  • To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
  • He edged the book across the table.
  • To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
  • He edged away from her.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=April 11 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Carroll has been edging slowly towards full fitness after his expensive arrival from Newcastle United and his partnership with £23m Luis Suarez showed rich promise as Liverpool controlled affairs from start to finish.}}
  • (usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
  • (cricket) To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
  • 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; to construct an edging.
  • * 2005 , Paige Gilchrist, The Big Book of Backyard Projects: Walls, Fences, Paths, Patios, Benches, Chairs & More , Section 2: Paths and Walkways, page 181,
  • If you're edging with stone, brick, or another material in a lawn area, set the upper surfaces of the edging just at or not more than ½ inch above ground level so it won't be an obstacle to lawn mowers.
  • To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
  • * Dryden
  • to edge her champion's sword
  • (figurative) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
  • * Hayward
  • By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the malicious edged .
  • To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.
  • * 2011 , Nicholson Baker, House of Holes , page 181
  • “I think of it as mine, but, yes, it's his cock I've been edging with. Do you edge?”
  • * 2012 , Ryan Field, Lasting Lust: An Anthology of Kinky Couples in Love , page 33
  • Paul had been edging since the first young guy started to fuck, and he wanted Paul to come inside his body that night.
  • * 2012 , Ryan Field, Field of Dreams: The Very Best Stories of Ryan Field, page 44
  • His mouth was open and he was still jerking his dick. Justin knew he must have been edging by then.

    Derived terms

    * edge out * edge up * re-edge / reedge

    Quotations

    * 1925 , Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), Rupert Julian (director), The Phantom of the Opera , silent movie *: In Mlle. Carlotta’s correspondence there appeared another letter, edged in black!

    Anagrams

    *

    bind

    English

    Verb

  • To tie; to confine by any ligature.
  • * (rfdate) (Shakespeare)
  • They that reap must sheaf and bind .
  • To cohere or stick together in a mass.
  • ''Just to make the cheese more binding
  • * (rfdate) (Mortimer)
  • clay binds by heat.
  • To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
  • I wish I knew why the sewing machine binds up after I use it for a while.
  • To exert a binding or restraining influence.
  • These are the ties that bind .
  • To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
  • to bind''' grain in bundles; to '''bind a prisoner.
  • To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
  • Gravity binds the planets to the sun.
    Frost binds the earth.
  • * (rfdate) Job xxviii. 11.
  • He bindeth the floods from overflowing.
  • * (rfdate) Luke xiii. 16.
  • Whom Satan hath bound , lo, these eighteen years.
  • To couple.
  • (figuratively) To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.
  • to bind''' the conscience; to '''bind''' by kindness; '''bound''' by affection; commerce '''binds nations to each other.
  • * (rfdate) (Milton)
  • Who made our laws to bind us, not himself.
  • (legal) To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
  • (legal) To place under legal obligation to serve.
  • to bind''' an apprentice; '''bound out to service
  • To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
  • (archaic) To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something.
  • to bind a belt about one
    to bind a compress upon a wound.
  • (archaic) To cover, as with a bandage.
  • to bind up a wound.
  • (archaic) To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action.
  • certain drugs bind the bowels.
  • To put together in a cover, as of books.
  • The three novels were bound together.
  • (computing) To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.
  • * 2008 , Bryan O'Sullivan, John Goerzen, Donald Bruce Stewart, Real World Haskell (page 33)
  • We bind the variable n to the value 2, and xs to "abcd".
  • * 2009 , Robert Pickering, Beginning F# (page 123)
  • You can bind an identifier to an object of a derived type, as you did earlier when you bound a string to an identifier of type obj

    Synonyms

    * fetter, make fast, tie, fasten, restrain * bandage, dress * restrain, restrict, obligate * * indenture

    Derived terms

    * bind over - to put under bonds to do something, as to appear at court, to keep the peace, etc. * bind to - to contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife. * bind up in - to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to absorb in.

    Derived terms

    * bindweed

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which binds or ties.
  • A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
  • Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
  • (music) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
  • (chess) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position that is difficult for the opponent to break.
  • the Maróczy Bind

    Synonyms

    * See also

    References

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    Anagrams

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