edged
Because it is a word with a single syllable, edged is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofedged
- To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
Example: "He edged the book across the table."
- To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
Example: "He edged away from her."
- (usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
- To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
- To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
- To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
- To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
- To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
- To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.
- That has a sharp planar surface.
Example: "The monks were forbidden to carry edged weapons such as swords and axes."
- Followed by with: Having an edging of a certain material, color, and so on.
Example: "a coat edged with fur"
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