verge

Definition of verge in English English dictionary: An edge or border; An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen
I was on the verge of tears.; To be or come very close; to border; to approach
Eating blowfish verges on insanity.; The grassy area between the sidewalk and the street; a tree lawn; A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger; A male rod, phallus; {n} a rod, seargeant's mace, brink, edge, compass; {v} to bend downward, to tends; A slip of grass adjoining gravel walks, and dividing them from the borders in a parterre; a region marking a boundary; border on; come close to; "His behavior verges on the criminal"; To border upon; to tend; to incline; to come near; to approach; The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft; To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north; See under Escapement; See Illustration in Appendix; The verge of a road is a narrow piece of ground by the side of a road, which is usually covered with grass or flowers. verge on/upon to be very close to a harmful or extreme state; Sloping edge of a pitched roof; The external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc; {f} border, approach; border, be on the verge; tend towards, lean in a certain direction; A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean; Such tenants were called tenants by the verge; The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement; The space along the side of the carriageway, when no footpath is present - usually grass but sometimes paved; The edge or outside of a bed or border; A circumference; a circle; a ring; {i} edge, brink; wand, staff (especially one that indicates authority); To come very close; to border; to approach; A virgate; a yardland; a ceremonial or emblematic staff; The line where the trussed rafters meet the gable wall; If you are on the verge of something, you are going to do it very soon or it is likely to happen or begin very soon. The country was on the verge of becoming prosperous and successful Carole was on the verge of tears. = brink; Strip adjacent to and abutting the hard shoulder of carriageway of a road - usually grassed; The penis; a grass border along a road; The compass of the court of Marshalsea and the Palace court, within which the lord steward and the marshal of the king's household had special jurisdiction; so called from the verge, or staff, which the marshal bore; – Edge, brink, or margin; Figuratively, an extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen; border on; come close to; "His behavior verges on the criminal; a grass border along a road the limit beyond which something happens or changes; "on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy" border on; come close to; "His behavior verges on the criminal; a grass border along a road the limit beyond which something happens or changes; "on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy"; The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, they holding it in the hand, and swearing fealty to the lord; A border, limit, or boundary of a space; an edge, margin, or brink of something definite in extent; the limit beyond which something happens or changes; "on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy"; The edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof
verge on: To approach or come close to something; to border or be on the edge of something
It was verging on dusk, and the clock had already given warning of the hour to dress for dinner, when little Adèle, who knelt by me in the drawing-room window-seat, suddenly exclaimed.
verge staff: The metal bar with two pallets that drive the crown wheel in a verge escapement
verge staff: A flag pole that protrudes from a low deck off the back of a ship
verge staffs: plural form of verge staff
verge-staff: Alternative spelling of verge staff
verge on: If someone or something verges on a particular state or quality, they are almost the same as that state or quality. a fury that verged on madness
on the verge: Very near or close
Every time I thought he was on the verge of telling us, he decided to say something else instead.
on the verge of: (ALSO to the verge of): If you are on the verge of something or come to the verge of something, you are very near to experiencing it: "On the verge of collapse/success/tears/death/disaster/war"; "Her husband's violent and abusive behaviour drove her to the verge of despair."
on the verge of: on the edge of, upon the threshold of, very near to
verged: past of verge
verges: plural of verge
verges: third-person singular of verge
verging: present participle of verge

verge

Turkish pronunciation

vırc

Synonyms

border, borderline, boundary, brim, brink, edge, extreme, fringe, hem, lip, margin, point, rim, selvage, skirt

Antonyms

middle, retreat

Pronunciation

/ˈvərʤ/ /ˈvɜrʤ/

Etymology

[ 'v&rj ] (noun.) 15th century. From Middle French verge (“rod or wand of office”), hence "scope, territory dominated", from Latin virga (“shoot, rod stick”), of unknown origin. Earliest attested sense in English is now-obsolete meaning "male member, penis" (c.1400). Often creating a sense of excitement for the male and perhaps the birth of the expression "on the verge" related to "close to". Modern sense is from the notion of 'within the verge' (1509, also as Anglo-Norman dedeinz la verge), i.e. "subject to the Lord High Steward's authority" (as symbolized by the rod of office), originally a 12-mile radius round the royal court, which sense shifted to "the outermost edge of an expanse or area."