All edge in synonyms

verb edge in

• penetrate — to pierce or pass into or through: The bullet penetrated the wall. The fog lights penetrated the mist.
• pervade — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
• permeate — to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• cut off — If you cut something off, you remove it with a knife or a similar tool.
• disturb — to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
• suspend — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• discontinue — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• punctuate — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
• cut short — to stop abruptly before the end
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• hold up — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• impede — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
• break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
• heckle — to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions, gibes, or the like; badger.
• break off — If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force.
• impregnate — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
• foist — to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon): to foist inferior merchandise on a customer.
• saturate — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
• access — If you have access to a building or other place, you are able or allowed to go into it.
• insinuate — to suggest or hint slyly: He insinuated that they were lying.
• percolate — to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
• crack — If something hard cracks, or if you crack it, it becomes slightly damaged, with lines appearing on its surface.
• tinge — to impart a trace or slight degree of some color to; tint.
• insert — to put or place in: to insert a key in a lock.
• interpose — to place between; cause to intervene: to interpose an opaque body between a light and the eye.
• ingratiate — to establish (oneself or someone else) in the favor or good graces of someone, especially by deliberate effort (usually followed by with): He ingratiated himself with all the guests. She ingratiated her colleagues with her well-researched project proposal.
• introduce — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
• infiltrate — to filter into or through; permeate.
• interject — to insert between other things: to interject a clarification of a previous statement.
• infuse — to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; instill (usually followed by into): The energetic new principal infused new life into the school.
• instill — to infuse slowly or gradually into the mind or feelings; insinuate; inject: to instill courtesy in a child.
• inject — to force (a fluid) into a passage, cavity, or tissue: to inject a medicine into the veins.
• intercalate — to interpolate; interpose.
• obstruct — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
• defer — If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time.
• intrude — to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
• cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
• crash — A crash is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed.
• divide — to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
• in — (used to indicate inclusion within space, a place, or limits): walking in the park.
• separate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
• disjoin — to undo or prevent the junction or union of; disunite; separate.
• stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
• infringe — to commit a breach or infraction of; violate or transgress: to infringe a copyright; to infringe a rule.
• arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
• disunite — to sever the union of; separate; disjoin.