Definitions of brink [ɪŋk]

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Definition of 'brink'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) brink
the edge or margin of a steep place or of land bordering water.

2. brink
any extreme edge; verge.

3. brink
a critical point beyond which something will occur:
on the brink of disaster.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < ON (Dan))

Definition of 'brink'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) brink, threshold, verge
a region marking a boundary

2. (noun) brink
the edge of a steep place

3. (noun) verge, brink
the limit beyond which something happens or changes
"on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy"

Definition of 'brink'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) brink
the brink of
the moment when sth is about to happen
animals on the brink of extinction

Definition of 'brink'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) brink
the edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. Also Fig

Translation of 'brink'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the edge or border of a steep, dangerous place or of a river.
Afrikaans: rand, kant	Arabic: حافه، حافَّه، حَرْف، شَفي	Bulgarian: бряг (обикновено стръмен)
Brazilian: beira	Czech: příkrý břeh, okraj	German: der Rand
Danish: kant; bred	Greek: χείλος, άκρη, όριο	Spanish: borde
Estonian: järsak	Farsi: لبه؛ حاشیه	Finnish: äyräs
French: bord (d'unà-pic)	Hebrew: סַף	Hindi: तट
Croatian: ivica	Hungarian: vminek a széle, meredek p	Indonesian: tebing, tepi, pinggir
Italian: orlo, margine	Japanese: (がけ・川の) 縁	Korean: 낭떠러지의 가장자리
Lithuanian: kraštas, status krantas	Latvian: (kraujas, bezdibeņa) mala	Malay: pinggir
Dutch: rand	Norwegian: rand, kant	Polish: krawędź, skraj
Persian: لبه؛ حاشیه	Pashto: څنډه، حاشیه	Portuguese: beira
Romanian: margine, mal abrupt	Russian: край	Slovak: zráz; strmý svah
Slovenian: rob	Serbian: ivica	Swedish: kant, brant
Thai: ริม	Turkish: kenar, kıyı, eşik	Taiwanese: (峭壁或河流的)邊緣
Ukrainian: край	Urdu: دریا کی کنارے خطرناک جگہ	Vietnamese: bờ miệng (vực)
Chinese: （悬崖峭壁的或河流的）边沿
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