Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: edging
IPA transcription: ['ɛdʒɪŋ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: edging
    Meaning: border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug)
Usage examples
  • See that cloud edging itself over the horizon.
  • It's mine!" asserted the other, edging away along the curbstone.
  • "I--I was just thinking to myself," explained Chunky, edging away.
  • "A schooner, did you say?" questioned Stacy, edging closer to the cowboy.
  • "To the northward, rather edging down towards us, if anything, I thought."
  • "And did you, sir, really," said my fellow-traveller, edging his chair (I should have said his portmanteau) nearer to Mr. Campbell, "really and actually beat two highwaymen yourself alone?"