"double-edged" meaning in English

See double-edged in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more double-edged [comparative], most double-edged [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} double-edged (comparative more double-edged, superlative most double-edged)
  1. (not comparable) Of a blade, such as a sword or knife, sharp on both edges. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Two Translations (a blade that is sharp on both edges): ἀμφήκης (amphḗkēs) (Ancient Greek), երկսայրի (erksayri) (Armenian), двуостър (dvuostǎr) (Bulgarian), tveægget (Danish), à double tranchant (French), zweischneidig (German), αμφίστομος (amfístomos) [masculine] (Greek), δίκοπος (díkopos) [masculine] (Greek), חֶרֶב פִּיפִיּוֹת (ẖérev pifiyót) [feminine] (Hebrew), a doppio taglio (Italian), huarua (Maori), tveegget (Norwegian Bokmål), twieċġe (Old English), twieċġede (Old English), obosieczny (Polish), de dois gumes (Portuguese), cu două tăișuri (Romanian), обоюдоо́стрый (obojudoóstryj) (Russian), de doble filo (Spanish), tveeggad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-double-edged-en-adj-dTH0i309 Disambiguation of Two: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'a blade that is sharp on both edges': 91 9
  2. (comparable, figuratively) As dangerous for the user as the one it is used on. Tags: comparable, figuratively Categories (topical): Two Translations (figuratively: possibly dangerous, ambiguous): երկսայրի (erksayri) (Armenian), zweischneidig (German), αμφίστομος (amfístomos) [masculine] (Greek), a doppio taglio (Italian), obosieczny (Polish), cu două tăișuri (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-double-edged-en-adj-WDNHuqMO Disambiguation of Two: 45 55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of 'figuratively: possibly dangerous, ambiguous': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: double-edged sword Related terms: cut both ways Coordinate_terms: single-edged
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.