Commentary:
NOTE: may be used metaphorically
Examples:
He edged towards the car.
Giles edged the car forward and drawing closer we could see them.
At two in the afternoon I nervously edged in to Theory of Computation.
Slowly the moshing pit formed as they edged in to listen.
One hedgehog edged up to the hedge as the other hedgehog edged down.
The unemployment rate edged up to 5.8 percent in December.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Change_position_on_a_scale,Path_shape,Self_motion
PropBank: edge.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
edge_in 1
edge_up 1
Examples:
The seamstress edged the quilt with embroidery.
The afternoon lighting and warm essence of autumn edged the lace curtains in gold.
I edged all the pages in silver.
Mappings:
VerbNet: fill-9.8
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 EDGE NP2
Examples:
The new cultural center consists of conversions of silos that edged the city for years.
Steady snow in the morning covered the brown patches of grass that edged the tracks.
Mappings:
VerbNet: contiguous_location-47.8
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3
Examples:
Then I edged the lawn along the sidewalk and driveway.
I edged the outside of the planting beds to reshape and redefine them.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
Examples:
She quickly edged the blade on the rock and tried not to think what would happen if she were caught.
He cleaned the hoses, edged the shears, and trimmed the bushes.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4
Commentary: Includes: EDGE_OUT
Examples:
The Adams-Friendship Green Devils basketball team edged the visiting Onalaska Hilltoppers.
In team score the West edged out the Midwest by a mere margin of 15 points.
Gregory came in as the seventh seed, but edged out the competition by six inches.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: edge.02