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Array and Edge

noun

  • An orderly arrangement.
    • usage: "an array of troops in battle order"
  • An impressive display.
    • usage: "it was a bewildering array of books"; "his tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall"
  • Especially fine or decorative clothing.
  • An arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics.

verb

  • Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line.
    • usage: "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"
  • Align oneself with a group or a way of thinking.

noun

  • The boundary of a surface.
  • A line determining the limits of an area.
  • A sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object.
    • usage: "he rounded the edges of the box"
  • The attribute of urgency in tone of voice.
    • usage: "his voice had an edge to it"
  • A slight competitive advantage.
    • usage: "he had an edge on the competition"
  • The outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something.
    • usage: "the edge of the leaf is wavy"; "she sat on the edge of the bed"; "the water's edge"

verb

  • Advance slowly, as if by inches.
    • usage: "He edged towards the car"
  • Provide with a border or edge.
    • usage: "edge the tablecloth with embroidery"
  • Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary.
    • usage: "Canada adjoins the U. S."; "England marches with Scotland"
  • Provide with an edge.
    • usage: "edge a blade"