Synonyms:
brink, threshold, verge
Meaning: a region marking a boundary
Synonyms:
verge, brink
Meaning: the limit beyond which something happens or changes; "on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
verge
Meaning: border on; come close to; "His behavior verges on the criminal"
Usage examples
It was as if a child had asked on the verge of terror for a candle in the dark.
By all that's pitiful, I entreat you, come and explore the farthest verge of the ice-bound track!"
The sun just touched the verge of the wooded uplands, as the young people began to descend the slope of Redman's Dell.
Having license to do as they pleased, they would of course carry their cruelties to the most extreme verge of punishment.
We therefore on the right side descended, And made ten steps upon the outer verge, Completely to avoid the sand and flame;
Do you know that we're standing in the presence of a romance in real life--on the verge of a blood-curdling mystery? Fact!--aren't we, Graham?"
As they came nearer to me, I slipped from the drive on to the verge of the shrubbery, standing for a moment in the shadow of a tall laurel bush.
Old Elphick lifted his head and shook it; he was plainly on the verge of tears; as for Cardlestone, it was evident that his nerve was completely gone.
Mr. Pickwick, whose face had been undergoing most surprising changes during this speech, and was evidently on the verge of a strong burst of indignation, calmed his wrath as well as he could.
It was early in the year, but as soon as the weather was auspicious, and that the spring began to melt into the verge of summer, we took rod in hand and sallied into the country, as stark mad as was ever Don Quixote from reading books of chivalry.