Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun edging

1 sense of edging

Sense 1
edging -- (border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug))
       => border -- (a strip forming the outer edge of something; "the rug had a wide blue border")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb edge

4 senses of edge

Sense 1
edge, inch -- (advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car")
       => advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on -- (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on")
          Phrasal Verb-> edge in#1

Sense 2
border, edge -- (provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery")
       => supply, provide, render, furnish -- (give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater")

Sense 3
border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on -- (lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland")
       => touch, adjoin, meet, contact -- (be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point")

Sense 4
edge -- (provide with an edge; "edge a blade")
       => sharpen -- (make sharp or sharper; "sharpen the knives")