verge(noun): an area along the edge of a road, path, etc.
symbol of office (2) obsolete : a stick or wand held by a
person being admitted to tenancy while he swears fealty
b : the spindle of a watch balance; especially : a spindle with pallets in an old vertical escapement
c : the male copulatory organ of any of various invertebrates
2
a : something that borders, limits, or bounds: as (1) : an outer margin of an object or structural part (2) : the edge of roof covering (as tiling) projecting over the gable of a roof (3)British : a paved or planted strip of land at the edge of a road: shoulder
b : brink, threshold <a country on the verge of destruction — Archibald MacLeish>
Examples of VERGE
- <the suspect was on the verge of confessing when the officers realized that he hadn't been read his rights>
- <the southern verge of the national park>
Origin of VERGE
Middle English, rod, measuring rod, margin, from Anglo-French, rod, area of jurisdiction, from Latin virga twig, rod, line
First Known Use: 15th century
Related to VERGE
- Synonyms: brink, cusp, edge, threshold, point
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