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The jagged edge ripped a hole in his trousers.

The company's competitive edge will be eroded if system engineers continue to leave.

life on the edge

They shall no longer say: ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’

He's a little on edge today. I wouldn't rattle his cage if I were you.

While one of them sped around major parts of the property on the mower, a second made a few sweeps at some tall weeds on the edge of my wife's garden, and the third got into the truck and smoked a cigarette.

I'd get a soup plate and then slide the glass very carefully over to the edge of the table, and let the water run into the soup plate - it doesn't have to run onto the floor.

The knife's serrated edge makes it perfect for cutting such things as bread.

If you repeat a joke two hundred fifty six times, it will set everybody's teeth on edge.

edge (n)

The world edges and there's nothing you can do about it.

Toe boards: the upper edge must be at least 15 cm above the standing surface

You may see some edge cases that weren't clear enough in the beginning

writing with a satirical edge; her voice had an edge to it

A fast child may win the race, but even a slow child can compete.

Many students compete to get into the best universities.

There are many sports where you usually compete as an individual.

Agencies compete to win new contracts.

Nordic combined is one of the winter sport events, a competition where you compete on the combination of two Nordic style ski events - cross country skiing and ski jumping.

Our engineers compared this information with similar products being sold in Japan and concluded that they might compete very well.

We must cut down on prices; we can't compete.

Powerlifting is a sport in which athletes compete to lift the maximum sum weight of the three heavy weight events, squat, bench press and deadlift.

More than 5 thousand people competed in the marathon.

1. They should never compete for the same woman. / 2. I don't think I can compete against her boyfriend.

local business are unable to compete

Every year our school football team competes against a rival school

Hundreds of athletes compete for a gold medal at the Olympic Games.

She's competing for a place in next year's Olympics. Young children will usually compete for their mother's attention.

The trade agreement must provide a level playing field in which to compete.

I only presented an outline. I can go into details, if you want.

outline the presentation

We outlined our proposals to the committee.

Obama and Hollande outlined changes they said Russia must make to its military strategy in Syria.

The question here is one of creating the framework with which we can outline the social trend.

The book outlines the major events of the country's history.

the chalked outline of a human body

I'd like to outline what we're going to be doing at the conference before we actually get into today's programme.

When searching for Palestine on Google Maps, it shows an outline, but with no label for Palestine and Israel labelled alongside it.

the garage door gleamed, and between them Harry saw, quite distinctly, the hulking outline of something very big, with wide, gleaming eyes.

if you outline something, you give a short or general explanation of it without providing a lot of details

There are only seven basic plots and every story fits into this outline.

an outline map/sketch

I should like to outline a number of key areas.

The definition of an outline is the drawn edge of a shape or image. An example of an outline is the taped outline of a body in a crime scene.