Edged

How to spell edged

5 letters · 1 syllable

How to pronounce edged

What does edged mean?

1. verbMoved slowly and carefully, a little at a time.
2. verbProvided something with a border, rim, or trimmed margin.

Edged in a sentence

• The driver edged forward through the heavy traffic.

• The tailor edged the collar with a fine strip of silk.

• She edged closer to the front of the queue.

• He edged the flower bed neatly before the inspection.

Where does edged come from?

Language of origin: Germanic

This is the past tense and participle of the verb 'edge', which grew out of the noun 'edge'. That noun comes from Old English 'ecg', meaning the sharp cutting side of a blade, and it traces back to a Germanic root shared with words like German 'Ecke' (corner) and even Latin 'acies' (a sharp point or keen edge). Originally the word described the cutting line of a weapon or tool, and only later widened to mean any border or rim, such as the edge of a table or a field. The verb developed two practical strands: to put a border on something, and to move little by little, as if creeping along an edge. The spelling keeps the soft 'g' sound locked in with the 'dge' cluster, and simply adds '-ed', so the silent 'e' of 'edge' disappears before the ending.

How the word is built

• edge (sharp side, border)
• -ed (past tense / adjective suffix)