edging

/หˆษ›dส’ษชล‹/

IPA: /EH1 JH IH0 NG/

verb
  1. 1

    To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.

    โ€œHe edged the book across the table.โ€

  2. 2

    To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.

    โ€œHe edged away from her.โ€

  3. 3

    (usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.

  4. 4

    To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.

  5. 5

    To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.

  6. 6

    To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.

  7. 7

    To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.

  8. 8

    To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.

  9. 9

    To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.

noun
  1. 1

    Something that forms, defines or marks the edge.

    โ€œThe decorative edging around the door makes it easier to find in the dark.โ€

  2. 2

    Technique involving the placement of the edge of the climbing shoe on a sharp hold.

  3. 3

    The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.

  4. 4

    The sexual technique of maintaining a high level of sexual arousal for an extended period of time without reaching orgasm.

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/edge, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/edging