Index of English words, starting with "ed"

(1) - Edenic (a.) Of or pertaining to Eden; paradisaic.

(1) - Edentata (n. pl.) An order of mammals including the armadillos, sloths, and anteaters; -- called also Bruta. The incisor teeth are rarely developed, and in some groups all the teeth are lacking.

(1) - Edentate (n.) One of the Edentata.
(2) - Edentate (a.) Belonging to the Edentata.
(3) - Edentate (a.) Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf.

(1) - Edentulous (a.) Toothless.

(1) - Edge (v. i.) To sail close to the wind.
(2) - Edge (v. i.) To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way.
(3) - Edge (v. t.) To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards.
(4) - Edge (v. t.) To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
(5) - Edge (v. t.) To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box.
(6) - Edge (v. t.) To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.
(7) - Edge (v. t.) To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
(8) - Edge (v. t.) The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening.
(9) - Edge (v. t.) Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
(10) - Edge (v. t.) Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.
(11) - Edge (v. t.) The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.