EDGING Antonyms

• the concentration of attention or energy on something

• (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back

• any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)

• to certain extent or degree

• lacking exceptional quality or ability

• a gradual sinking to a lower level

• move faster

• cause to move faster

• go on board

• set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)

• proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers

• to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense)

• in addition or furthermore

• to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense)

• more distant in especially degree

• promote the growth of

• contribute to the progress or growth of

• act at high speed

• move hurridly

• speed up the progress of; facilitate

• cause to occur rapidly

• gradual improvement or growth or development

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

• a movement forward

• develop in a positive way

• move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

• form or accumulate steadily

• contribute to the progress or growth of

• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

• make publicity for; try to sell (a product)

• be changed for a superior chess or checker piece

• change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent

• slanderous defamation

• a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope

• a blemish made by dirt

• an act that brings discredit to the person who does it

• stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance

• make a smudge on; soil by smudging

• cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone