- present participle of edge.
noun
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anything placed along an edge to finish it, esp as an ornament, fringe, or border on clothing or along a path in a garden
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the act of making an edge
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of edging
Example Sentences
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Edging closer to Dracula, himself, has been rarer, and it’s probably a sign of the lesser, shlocky ambitions of “Renfield” that he still remains off to the side.
From Washington Times • Apr. 14, 2023
Edging up to the window, I looked down to where a curl of sand and green water had appeared, an oasis where children bobbed about in dinghies and leapt off limestone rocks.
From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2020
Edging out Addison DeWitt, the wickedly acid-tongued theater critic caricatured half a dozen years later in “All About Eve,” he’s American cinema’s most telling fictional critic.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2019
Edging onto Huckabee’s turf, Jindal will meet Tuesday with pastors in Iowa for a series of closed-door meetings.
From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2015
Edging away from the wolf, she knelt mournfully beside the broken hutch.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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