different between trimming vs edging

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??m??/

Noun

trimming (countable and uncountable, plural trimmings)

1. (uncountable) The act or process of someone who trims.

   Trimming hedges is easiest when the shears have recently been resharpened.

2. (countable) An instance of that act or process.

   I gave a good trimming to my elderly neighbour's hedges.

3. (countable) Material that is removed by someone trimming something, as a piece of steak.

   He gave the trimmings to the dog under the kitchen table.

4. (historical) An ornamental accessory to a dress or other piece of clothing.
   • 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, I.i.5:

     “You must know I commissioned a particular friend of mine, Miss Moffat, to buy me a trimming when she went to Paris […].”

5. An accessory or accompaniment.

   Christmas dinner with all the trimmings

6. (colloquial, dated) A reprimand or chastising.

   to give a boy a trimming

Verb

trimming

1. present participle of trim

   I am helping my elderly neighbour by trimming his hedge.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d???/

Verb

edging

1. present participle of edge

Noun

edging (countable and uncountable, plural edgings)

(gerund form of edge)

1. Anything that forms, defines, or marks the edge of something.

   The decorative edging around the door makes it easier to find in the dark.

2. (rock climbing) Technique involving the placement of the edge of the climbing shoe on a sharp hold.
3. The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.
4. The sexual technique of maintaining a high level of sexual arousal for an extended period of time without reaching orgasm.

Antonyms

• (climbing) smearing

Anagrams

• nigged