edging

The word “edging” has 2 syllables: edg-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈɛdʒɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for edging?

In the thesaurus, “edging” has 10 synonyms and 9 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for edging along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for edging

  • border
  • bordering
  • boundary
  • bounding
  • circumference
  • confines
  • edge
  • grinding
  • perimeter
  • sharpening

Antonyms for edging

  • blunting
  • center
  • core
  • dulling
  • heart
  • polishing
  • rounding
  • smoothing
  • within

Meanings of edging

  • verb
    1. To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
    2. To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
    3. (usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
    4. To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
    5. To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
    6. To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
    7. To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
    8. To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
    9. To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.
  • noun
    1. Something that forms, defines or marks the edge.
    2. Technique involving the placement of the edge of the climbing shoe on a sharp hold.
    3. The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.
    4. The sexual technique of maintaining a high level of sexual arousal for an extended period of time without reaching orgasm.

Example Sentences

  • The gardener meticulously trimmed the bushes, carefully edging the pathways to create a neat and defined border.
  • The athlete was at the pinnacle of the race, edging out her competitors with a burst of speed in the final meters.
  • As the sun set, the sky was painted with hues of orange and pink, the clouds softly edging the horizon.
  • The artist added delicate lace edging to the hem of the dress, enhancing its elegance and charm.
  • The suspense in the courtroom was palpable, with each testimony edging the jury closer to a verdict.

On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to edging, such as: blunting, border, bordering, boundary, bounding, center, circumference.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

edge

edges

  • advantages
  • borders
  • boundaries
  • boundary
  • bounds
  • brink
  • brinks
  • circumferences
  • confines
  • corner
  • creep
  • cusps
  • dominance
  • ease
  • edgings
  • end
  • ends
  • fringe
  • fringes
  • grinds
  • inch
  • lead
  • line
  • lip
  • margin
  • margins
  • mouth
  • odds
  • outskirt
  • peak
  • perimeter
  • perimeters
  • point
  • rim
  • sharpens
  • shore
  • side
  • stones
  • superiority
  • threshold
  • tip
  • verge
  • verges

gating

  • diking
  • fencing
  • hedging
  • locking
  • turnout

icing

  • annihilating
  • assassinating
  • assuring
  • attesting
  • award
  • benefaction
  • beneficence
  • benevolence
  • bestowal
  • blotting out
  • blowing away
  • boon
  • bounty
  • bumping off
  • butchering
  • carrying off
  • certifying
  • charity
  • cinching
  • claiming
  • contribution
  • cream
  • croaking
  • cutting down
  • destroying
  • dispatching
  • doing away with
  • doing in
  • donation
  • eliminating
  • ensuring
  • eradicating
  • executing
  • exterminating
  • favor
  • felling
  • freebee
  • freebie
  • fringe benefit
  • generosity
  • getting
  • gift
  • giveaway
  • glaze
  • grant
  • guaranteeing
  • guarantying
  • insuring
  • killing
  • knocking off
  • largess
  • largesse
  • liquidating
  • manna
  • massacring
  • murdering
  • neutralizing
  • offering
  • offing
  • ornamentation
  • pension
  • philanthropy
  • pledging
  • premium
  • present
  • presentation
  • prize
  • promising
  • putting away
  • reward
  • rubbing out
  • securing
  • shooting
  • shooting down
  • slaughtering
  • slaying
  • smiting
  • snuffing
  • subsidy
  • sugar paste
  • swearing
  • taking out
  • terminating
  • topping
  • trimming
  • vouching
  • warranting
  • whacking
  • windfall
  • wiping out
  • witnessing
  • zapping

identifying

  • IDing
  • acceptance
  • acknowledging
  • admission
  • allowance
  • anecdotic
  • apperception
  • appreciation
  • apprehending
  • archetypal
  • archetypical
  • assimilation
  • associating
  • avowal
  • awareness
  • betraying
  • characteristic
  • characterizing
  • checking
  • circumstantial
  • classic
  • classificatory
  • clear
  • cognizance
  • common
  • comparing
  • concession
  • confession
  • connecting
  • consciousness
  • correlating
  • definitive
  • delineative
  • depictive
  • describing
  • designating
  • detailed
  • detection
  • determining
  • diagnosing
  • diagnostic
  • diagnostical
  • disclosing
  • discovering
  • discovery
  • discriminating
  • distinct
  • distinctive
  • distinguishing
  • double take
  • eloquent
  • equating
  • especial
  • examining
  • explicative
  • expository
  • expressive
  • extended
  • finding
  • fingering
  • general
  • generic
  • graphic
  • grouping
  • high sign
  • identifiable
  • idiosyncratic
  • illuminating
  • illuminative
  • illustrative
  • indicative
  • individual
  • inspecting
  • interpretive
  • investigating
  • joining
  • lifelike
  • likening
  • linking
  • locating
  • memory
  • model
  • narrative
  • normal
  • notice
  • noticing
  • observing
  • paradigmatic
  • particular
  • particularized
  • peculiar
  • perceiving
  • perception
  • picking out
  • pictorial
  • picturesque
  • pinpointing
  • placing
  • pronounced
  • proper
  • realization
  • recall
  • recalling
  • recognizance
  • recognizing
  • recollection
  • recurrence
  • regular
  • relating
  • remembering
  • remembrance
  • respect
  • revealing
  • salute
  • scrutinizing
  • sensibility
  • special
  • specific
  • spotting
  • symptomatic
  • true to life
  • tumble
  • typical
  • understanding
  • unmistakable
  • usual
  • verifying
  • vivid

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