Definitions for edging

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edging edg·ing

Spelling: [ej-ing]

IPA: /ˈɛdʒ ɪŋ/

Edging is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 65 anagrams from letters in edging (deggin).

Definitions for edging

noun

1. something that forms or is placed along an edge or border.
2. Skiing. the tilting of a ski to the side so that one edge cuts into the snow.
3. a line or border at which a surface terminates:
4. a brink or verge:
5. any of the narrow surfaces of a thin, flat object:
6. a line at which two surfaces of a solid object meet:
7. the thin, sharp side of the blade of a cutting instrument or weapon.
8. the sharpness proper to a blade:
9. sharpness or keenness of language, argument, tone of voice, appetite, desire, etc.:
10. British Dialect. a hill or cliff.
11. an improved position; advantage:
12. Cards. advantage, especially the advantage gained by being the age or eldest hand. eldest hand.
13. Ice Skating. one of the two edges of a skate blade where the sides meet the bottom surface, made sharp by carving a groove on the bottom.
14. Skiing. one of the two edges on the bottom of a ski that is angled into a slope when making a turn.

Idioms

1. have an edge on, Informal. to be mildly intoxicated with alcoholic liquor:
2. on edge, (of a person or a person's nerves) acutely sensitive; nervous; tense. impatient; eager:
3. set one's teeth on edge. tooth (def 21).

Verb phrases

1. edge in, to insert or work in or into, especially in a limited period of time:
2. edge out, to defeat (rivals or opponents) by a small margin:

verb (used with object)

1. to put an edge on; sharpen.
2. to provide with an edge or border:
3. to make or force (one's way) gradually by moving sideways.
4. Metalworking. to turn (a piece to be rolled) onto its edge. to roll (a piece set on edge). to give (a piece) a desired width by passing between vertical rolls. to rough (a piece being forged) so that the bulk is properly distributed for final forging.

verb (used without object)

1. to move sideways:
2. to advance gradually or cautiously:

Origin of edging

First recorded in 1550-60; edge + -ing¹

Examples for edging

They met five times with Mikan edging Kurland in games won, 3-2, and points scored, 77-64.

While Gingrich remains a caustic conservative, he seems to be edging toward a big-tent philosophy.

"You've been losing too much sleep lately," said the Kid, edging away.

"No, after houses," said Margaret, edging past him into the box.

In edging past that mark, the latest PMI suggests that Chinese factories are getting busier, but only just.

Brown admitted students from 80 different countries, with China edging out Canada as the largest source.

She had thrust the basket and the parsley into the man's hand, and was edging away.

I had been edging round him with the intention of backing away.

In Iraq, Tehran was our silent partner, working to break an ISIS siege and edging out Maliki.

I came home and this morning I began the "edging around" process.