Meaning of "margin"

margin •

n.
• • 1. edge, border: gilid, paligid
  • 2. extra amount, amount beyond what is necessary, allowance: palabis, patagana, pasobra, pataan, palugit, palugid
  • 3. the space around a page: mardyin, mardyin, marhin, marhin, puwang sa paligid, palugit

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narrow

adj.
• • 1. not wide, having little width: makitid, makipot
  • 2. limited, small (in number): kakaunti, iilan
  • 3. close, with a small margin: babahagya, mahigpit
  • 4. prejudiced: may kinikilingan
  • 5. lacking breadth of view, narrow-minded: makitid ang isip

v.
• • 1. to decrease in width, become narrow: kumipot, kumitid
  • 2. to make narrow: magpakipot, pakiputin, magpakitid, pakitirin

teeth

n.
• • 1. more than one tooth: mga ngipin
  • 2. by the skin of ones teeth, by a narrow margin: kamuntik na kamuntik na, gabuhok

edge

n.
• • 1. the thin, sharp side that cuts: talim
  • 2. the side: gilid
  • 3. the brink: bingit, gilid
  • 4. margin: tabi, baybay
  • 5. any terminating border: gilid, hangganan

v.
• • 1. to advance by repeated slight movements: gumitgit, makagitgit, makipaggitgitan
  • 2. to move something little by little: mag-usod (uusod, pausurin) nang unti-unti

leeway

n.
• • extra space at the side, time, money, etc., more than needed, margin of safety: pataan, pasobra, palabis

border

n.
• • 1. brink: bingit
  • 2. a margin: palugit
  • 3. the side or edge of anything: gilid, pagilid
  • 4. boundary, frontier: hangganan

adj.
• • close to: kalapit

gilid

n.
• • border, edge, margin adv. at the edge. sa gilid at the edge