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Edging

verb
/ˈɛdʒɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 0.7

Definitions

1.verbTo move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
"He edged the book across the table."
2.verbTo move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
"He edged away from her."
3.verb(usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
4.verbTo hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
5.verbTo trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
6.verbTo furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
7.verbTo furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
8.verbTo make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
9.verbTo delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.
10.nounSomething that forms, defines or marks the edge.
"The decorative edging around the door makes it easier to find in the dark."
11.nounTechnique involving the placement of the edge of the climbing shoe on a sharp hold.
12.nounThe operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.
13.nounThe sexual technique of maintaining a high level of sexual arousal for an extended period of time without reaching orgasm.

Synonyms

boundaryborderabutperipheraladjoinmarginalmarginfringefringyboundinchbutt

Antonyms

smearing
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