Side vs. Edge

Sidenoun

A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.

Sidenoun

A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.

Sidenoun

One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.

Sidenoun

A region in a specified position with respect to something.

Sidenoun

The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back.

Sidenoun

One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)

Sidenoun

One possible aspect of a concept, person or thing.

Sidenoun

One set of competitors in a game.

Sidenoun

A sports team.

Sidenoun

A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.

Sidenoun

(music) A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz.

Sidenoun

Sidespin; english

Sidenoun

A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (from when there were only two channels).

Sidenoun

A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.

Sidenoun

A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.

Sidenoun

(baseball) The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher

Sidenoun

An unjustified air of self-importance.

Sideverb

(intransitive) To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"

Sideverb

To lean on one side.

Sideverb

To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.

Sideverb

To suit; to pair; to match.

Sideverb

To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.

Sideverb

(transitive) To furnish with a siding.

Sideverb

To provide with, as a side or accompaniment.

Sideverb

To clear, tidy or sort.

Sideadjective

Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.

Sideadjective

Indirect; oblique; incidental.

Sideadjective

Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.

Sideadjective

(Scotland) Far; distant.

Sideadverb

Widely; wide; far.

Sidenoun

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 distinguished from the shorter edges, called ends; a bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc.

Sidenoun

Any outer portion of a thing considered apart from, and yet in relation to, the rest; as, the upper side of a sphere; also, any part or position viewed as opposite to or contrasted with another; as, this or that side.

Sidenoun

One of the halves of the body, of an animals or man, on either side of the mesial plane; or that which pertains to such a half; as, a side of beef; a side of sole leather.

Sidenoun

A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge.

Sidenoun

The position of a person or party regarded as opposed to another person or party, whether as a rival or a foe; a body of advocates or partisans; a party; hence, the interest or cause which one maintains against another; a doctrine or view opposed to another.

Sidenoun

A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.

Sidenoun

Fig.: Aspect or part regarded as contrasted with some other; as, the bright side of poverty.

Sideadjective

Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral.

Sideadjective

Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a side issue; a side view or remark.

Sideadjective

Long; large; extensive.

Sideverb

To lean on one side.

Sideverb

To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in opposition to another party; to take sides; as, to side with the ministerial party.

Sideverb

To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.

Sideverb

To suit; to pair; to match.

Sideverb

To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.

Sideverb

To furnish with a siding; as, to side a house.

Sidenoun

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location;

Sidenoun

one of two or more contesting groups;

Sidenoun

either the left or right half of a body;

Sidenoun

an extended outer surface of an object;

Sidenoun

a surface forming part of the outside of an object;

Sidenoun

a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure;

Sidenoun

an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect);

Sidenoun

a family line of descent;

Sidenoun

a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food

Sidenoun

an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute;

Sidenoun

an elevated geological formation;

Sidenoun

(sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist

Sideverb

take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for;

Sideverb

take the side of; be on the side of;

Sideadjective

located on a side;

Sideadjective

added as a consequence or supplement;

Edgenoun

The boundary line of a surface.

Edgenoun

(geometry) 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.

Edgenoun

An advantage.

Edgenoun

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.

Edgenoun

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

Edgenoun

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

Edgenoun

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

Edgenoun

(cricket) A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.

Edgenoun

(graph theory) A connected pair of vertices in a graph.

Edgenoun

In male masturbation, a level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax; see also edging.

Edgeverb

(transitive) To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.

Edgeverb

(intransitive) To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.

Edgeverb

(usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.

Edgeverb

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

Edgeverb

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

Edgeverb

(transitive) To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.

Edgeverb

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

Edgeverb

(figurative) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.

Edgeverb

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

Edgenoun

The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe.

Edgenoun

Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.

Edgenoun

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

Edgenoun

The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening.

Edgeverb

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

Edgeverb

To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.

Edgeverb

To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box.

Edgeverb

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

Edgeverb

To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards.

Edgeverb

To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way.

Edgeverb

To sail close to the wind.

Edgenoun

the boundary of a surface

Edgenoun

a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object;

Edgenoun

a line determining the limits of an area

Edgenoun

the attribute of urgency;

Edgenoun

a slight competitive advantage;

Edgenoun

a strip near the boundary of an object;

Edgeverb

advance slowly, as if by inches;

Edgeverb

provide with a border or edge;

Edgeverb

lie adjacent to another or share a boundary;

Edgeverb

provide with an edge;

Edgenoun

the outside limit of an object, area, or surface

Edgenoun

an area next to a steep drop

Edgenoun

the point immediately before something unpleasant or momentous occurs

Edgenoun

the sharpened side of the blade of a cutting implement or weapon

Edgenoun

the line along which two surfaces of a solid meet.

Edgenoun

an intense, sharp, or striking quality

Edgenoun

a quality or factor which gives superiority over close rivals

Edgeverb

provide with a border or edge

Edgeverb

move or cause to move gradually or furtively in a particular direction

Edgeverb

give an intense or sharp quality to

Edgeverb

strike (the ball) with the edge of the bat; strike a ball delivered by (the bowler) with the edge of the bat

Edgeverb

ski with one's weight on the edges of one's skis