edged
adjective
, ˈe-jid
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Definition of edged
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Synonyms & Antonyms for edged
Synonyms
cutting, edgy, ground, honed, keen, sharp, sharpened, stropped, trenchant, whetted
Antonyms
blunt, blunted, dull, dulled, obtuse
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The inventorying reduces to a finite, though still formidable, task when mathematicians consider only convex polygons: simple, flat-edged shapes like triangles and rectangles whose angles all bend in the same direction. — Quanta Magazine, "Pentagon Tiling Proof Solves Century-Old Math Problem," 11 July 2017 That artist is McKinley Wallace, whose double-edged pictures incorporate bits of prints and photographs. — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, "In the galleries: Dickson Carroll puts fun and folly in form and function," 21 June 2019 Phlox has smooth-edged leaves that grow opposite each other along the stem. — Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, "The Hoosier Gardener: Common problems challenge gardeners," 25 July 2019 The findings, based on the discovery of a collection of sharp-edged stone artifacts at the Bokol Dora 1 site in Ethiopia’s Afar Basin, push the origins of early human tool-making back by some 10,000 years earlier than previously believed. — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, "Humans May Have Been Crafting Stone Tools for 2.6 Million Years," 4 June 2019 As a fan of modernism, I was attracted to her straightforward spread of glass houses on pages 624-625, which collects famous examples from Palm Springs, Sarasota, and New Canaan into a grid of awfully similar-looking sharp-edged boxes. — Alexandra Lange, Curbed, "Virginia McAlester Is the Most Popular Architecture Writer in America," 6 June 2019 In soft-edged illustrations, Sue Cornelison depicts one baby palooza after another: toddlers on yoga mats interacting with friendly animals; babies scooting on their bottoms and tottering around upright. — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, "Children’s Books: First Days and First Bites," 19 Apr. 2019 Biomorphic pieces and decorative objects—recalling tree trunks and seashells, fossils and driftwood—have a soft-edged beauty with natural appeal ... — WSJ, "Why Design Is Embracing Organic," 4 Apr. 2019 Karl Clinkenbeard and his parents Clyde and Nancy Clinkenbeard were found dead on May 21, all from multiple injuries from a sharp-edged object, police said later that week. — Matthew Walberg, chicagotribune.com, "Man killed parents, self in Winfield after learning they wanted to remove him from home: police," 29 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'edged.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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