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1: push one's way into (a space) [syn: {edge up}]

1: any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge)

1: push one's way into (a space) [syn: {edge in}]

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 st...

1: lacking a cutting edge

1: a person who puts finishing edges on a garment 2: garden tool for cutting grass around the edges of a yard

1: as if by an edge; barely; "I could not get a word in edgewise" [syn: {edgewise}] 2: with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge; "he sawed the board edgeways"; "held it edgewise" [syn: {edg...

1: with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge; "he sawed the board edgeways"; "held it edgewise" [syn: {edgeways}] 2: as if by an edge; barely; "I could not get a word in edgewise" [syn: {edg...

{edgy}

{edgy}

1: feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable [syn: {uneasiness}, {inquietude}, {disquietude}]

1: border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug)

1: being in a tense state [syn: {high-strung}, {highly strung}, {in suspense(p)}, {jittery}, {jumpy}, {nervy}, {overstrung}, {restive}, {uptight}] [also: {edgiest}, {edgier}]

1: the property of being fit to eat [syn: {edibleness}]

1: suitable for use as food [syn: {comestible}, {eatable}] [ant: {inedible}] n : any substance that can be used as food [syn: {comestible}, {eatable}, {pabulum}, {victual}, {victuals}]

1: plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable [syn: {asparagus}, {Asparagus officinales}]

1: widely cultivated species of banana trees bearing compact hanging clusters of commercially important edible yellow fruit [syn: {Musa paradisiaca sapientum}]

1: any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae [syn: {bean}]

1: common edible European cockle [syn: {Cardium edule}]

1: ears of corn grown for human food [syn: {corn}]

1: oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue

1: edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh

1: dark-shelled edible mussel that lives attached to rocks [syn: {Mytilus edulis}]

1: a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell

1: a sea urchin that can be eaten [syn: {Echinus esculentus}]

1: many are used as seasoning

1: one of the chief edible snails [syn: {Helix pomatia}]

1: a variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous inner lining of the common pea [syn: {edible-podded pea}, {Pisum sativum macrocarpon}]

1: a variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous inner lining of the common pea [syn: {edible-pod pea}, {Pisum sativum macrocarpon}]

1: the property of being fit to eat [syn: {edibility}]

1: a formal or authoritative proclamation 2: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no...

1: uplifting enlightenment [syn: {sophistication}]

1: a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" [syn: {building}]

{edify}

1: make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal" [syn: {enlighten}] [also: {edified}]

1: enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement; "the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read" [syn: {enlightening}] [ant...

1: the capital of Scotland; located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth

1: a city in northwestern Turkey; a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman emperor Hadrian [syn: {Adrianople}, {Adrianopolis}]

1: United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931) [syn: {Thomas Edison}, {Thomas Alva Edison}]

1: prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passage...

1: cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape" [syn: {edit}, {cut}]

1: improved or corrected by critical editing; "the emended text" [syn: {emended}]

1: English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape; was caught and executed by the Germans (1865-1915) [syn: {Cavell}, {Edith Louisa Cavell}...

1: French cabaret singer (1915-1963) [syn: {Piaf}, {Edith Piaf}, {Little Sparrow}]

1: English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape; was caught and executed by the Germans (1865-1915) [syn: {Cavell}, {Edith Cavell}]

1: United States novelist (1862-1937) [syn: {Wharton}, {Edith Wharton}]

1: French cabaret singer (1915-1963) [syn: {Piaf}, {Edith Giovanna Gassion}, {Little Sparrow}]

1: United States novelist (1862-1937) [syn: {Wharton}, {Edith Newbold Jones Wharton}]

1: putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form [syn: {redaction}]

1: the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published 2: all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time; "the first edition appeared in 1920"; "it was t...

1: a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine) [syn: {editor in chief}] 2: (computer sc...

1: a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine) [syn: {editor}]

1: (computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data [syn: {editor}]

1: of or relating to an article stating opinions or giving perspectives; "editorial column" 2: relating to or characteristic of an editor; "editorial duties" n : an article giving opinions or perspect...

1: the department of a publishing business that edits material for publication

1: insert personal opinions into an objective statement [syn: {editorialize}]

1: a journalist who writes editorials [syn: {columnist}]

1: insert personal opinions into an objective statement [syn: {editorialise}]

1: by means of an editorial; "the paper commented editorially on the scandal" [syn: {with an editorial}, {in an editorial}]

1: the position of editor

1: French writer who collaborated with his brother Jules de Goncourt on many books and who in his will established the Prix Goncourt (1822-1896) [syn: {Goncourt}, {Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncour...

1: English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742) [syn: {Halley}, {Edmund Halley}]

1: English writer on games (1672-1769) [syn: {Hoyle}]

1: French writer who collaborated with his brother Jules de Goncourt on many books and who in his will established the Prix Goncourt (1822-1896) [syn: {Goncourt}, {Edmond de Goncourt}]

1: English scholar remembered for his chronology of Shakespeare's plays and his editions of Shakespeare and Dryden (1741-1812) [syn: {Malone}, {Edmund Malone}]

1: French dramatist and poet (1868-1918) [syn: {Rostand}]

1: the capital of the province of Alberta

1: heavily armored and highly spiked dinosaur with semi-upright posture

1: duck-billed dinosaur from Canada found as a fossilized mummy with skin

1: English statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797) [syn: {Burke}]

1: English clergyman who invented the power loom (1743-1823) [syn: {Cartwright}]

1: French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834) [syn: {Genet}, {Citizen Genet}]

1: English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742) [syn: {Halley}, {Edmond Halley}]

1: New Zealand mountaineer who first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919) [syn: {Hillary}, {Sir Edmund Hillary}, {Sir Edmund Percival Hillary}]

1: German philosopher who developed phenomenology (1859-1938) [syn: {Husserl}]

1: king of the English who succeeded Athelstan; he drove out the Danes and made peace with Scotland (921-946)

1: king of the English who led resistance to Canute but was defeated and forced to divide the kingdom with Canute (980-1016) [syn: {Edmund Ironside}]

1: king of the English who led resistance to Canute but was defeated and forced to divide the kingdom with Canute (980-1016) [syn: {Edmund II}]

1: Irish poet and playwright whose plays are based on rural Irish life (1871-1909) [syn: {Synge}, {J. M. Synge}, {John Millington Synge}]

1: English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833) [syn: {Kean}]

1: English scholar remembered for his chronology of Shakespeare's plays and his editions of Shakespeare and Dryden (1741-1812) [syn: {Malone}, {Edmond Malone}]

1: English poet who wrote an allegorical romance celebrating Elizabeth I in the Spenserian stanza (1552-1599) [syn: {Spenser}]

1: United States literary critic (1895-1972) [syn: {Wilson}]

1: United States novelist; author of several popular novels (1887-1968) [syn: {Ferber}]

1: United States poet (1892-1950) [syn: {Millay}, {Edna Saint Vincent Millay}]

1: Irish writer (born in 1932) [syn: {O'Brien}]

1: United States poet (1892-1950) [syn: {Millay}, {Edna Millay}]

1: a member of a west African people living in the tropical forest region of southern Nigeria 2: the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan [syn: {Tokyo}, {Tokio}...

1: Belgian cosmologist who proposed the big-bang theory of the origin of the universe (1894-1966) [syn: {Lemaitre}, {Georges Henri Lemaitre}]

1: French painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1832-1883) [syn: {Manet}]

1: French painter (1868-1940) [syn: {Vuillard}, {Jean Edouard Vuillard}]

1: automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes [syn: {electronic data processing}]

1: an antidepressant drug that blocks the reuptake of norepinephrine [syn: {reboxetine}]

1: a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using X-ray technology and computers; designed for use in airports [syn: {explosive detection system}]

1: son of Henry Ford (1893-1943) [syn: {Ford}]

1: German organic chemist who studied alcoholic fermentation and discovered zymase (1860-1917) [syn: {Buchner}]

1: give an education to; "We must educate our youngsters better" 2: create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future" [syn: ...

1: possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge) [ant: {uneducated}] 2: having or based on relevant experience; "an educated guess"; "an enlightened electorate" [syn: {enligh...

1: a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution [syn: {student}, {pupil}]

1: the activities of educating or instructing or teaching; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good teaching is s...

1: the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979 [syn: {Department of...

1: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Education; "Carter appointed Shirley Hufstedler as the first Secretary of Education" [syn: {Secretary of Education}] 2: the position of t...

1: relating to the process of education; "educational psychology" 2: providing knowledge; "an educational film"

1: the activities of educating or instructing or teaching; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good teaching is s...

1: an institution dedicated to education

1: a program for providing education

1: a specialist in the theory of education [syn: {educationist}]

1: in an educational manner; "the assistant masters formed a committee of their own to consider what could be done educationally for the town"

1: a specialist in the theory of education [syn: {educationalist}]

1: resulting in education; "an educative experience"

1: someone who educates young people [syn: {pedagogue}]

1: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant" [syn: {evoke}, {elicit}, {extract}, {draw out}] 2: develop or evolve, especial...

1: make sweeter in taste [syn: {sweeten}, {dulcify}, {dulcorate}] [ant: {sour}]

1: entertainment that is intended to be educational

1: Norwegian composer whose work was often inspired by Norwegian folk music (1843-1907) [syn: {Grieg}, {Edvard Hagerup Grieg}]

1: Norwegian composer whose work was often inspired by Norwegian folk music (1843-1907) [syn: {Grieg}, {Edvard Grieg}]

1: Norwegian painter (1863-1944) [syn: {Munch}]

1: third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964) [syn: {Prince Edward}, {Edward Antony Richard Louis}] 2: son of Edward III who defeated the French at Crecy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years' War (1330-137...

1: United States dramatist (1928-) [syn: {Albee}, {Edward Franklin Albeen}]

1: third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964) [syn: {Edward}, {Prince Edward}]