edging
noun
[ ˈɛdʒɪŋ ]
• something forming an edge or border.
• "a chemise with lace edging"
edge
verb
• provide with a border or edge.
• "the pool is edged with paving"
Similar:
border,
fringe,
rim,
verge,
skirt,
be alongside,
surround,
enclose,
encircle,
circle,
encompass,
bound,
line,
flank,
trim,
pipe,
band,
decorate,
finish,
bind,
hem,
• move or cause to move gradually or furtively in a particular direction.
• "she tried to edge away from him"
Similar:
creep,
inch (one's way),
worm (one's way),
work (one's way),
pick one's way,
nose (one's way),
ease (oneself),
ease (one's way),
advance slowly,
advance stealthily,
sidle,
steal,
slink,
• give an intense or sharp quality to.
• "desperation edged her voice"
• strike (the ball) with the edge of the bat; strike a ball delivered by (the bowler) with the edge of the bat.
• "he edged a ball into his pad"
• ski with one's weight on the edges of one's skis.
• "you will be edging early, controlling a parallel turn"
Origin:
Old English ecg ‘sharpened side of a blade’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch egge and German Ecke, also to Old Norse eggja (see egg2), from an Indo-European root shared by Latin acies ‘edge’ and Greek akis ‘point’.
