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 Definitions of verge  [ɜrdʒ]  

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Definition of 'verge' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) verge
the limit beyond which something begins or occurs; brink:
on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

2.  verge
the edge or margin of something:
the verge of a desert.

3.  verge
a limiting belt, strip, or border of something.

4.  verge
a strip of turf bordering a walk or roadway.

5.  verge
the part of a sloping roof that projects beyond the gable wall.

6.  verge
a staff, esp. one carried as an emblem of authority or symbol of office of a bishop, dean, etc.

7.  verge
a palletlike lever formerly used in inexpensive pendulum clocks.

8.  verge
a wand held in the hand of a feudal tenant while swearing fealty to a lord.

9. (v.i.) verge
to be on the verge or margin; border:
Our property verges on theirs.

10.  verge
to come close to or approach some state, quality, etc.:
a scientific mind verging on genius.

11. (v.i.) verge
to incline; tend (usu. fol. by to or toward):
The economy verges toward inflation.

12.  verge
to slope or sink.

Etymology:  (1600–10; < L vergere to turn, bend, be inclined)

Definition of 'verge' Princeton's WordNet 

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

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

3. (noun) scepter, sceptre, verge, wand
a ceremonial or emblematic staff

4. (verb) verge
a grass border along a road

5. (verb) verge
border on; come close to
"His behavior verges on the criminal"


Definition of 'verge' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) verge
to almost be
laughter verging on hysteria

2. (noun) verge
a border on the edge
a car parked on the grass verge

3.  verge
on the verge of
about to happen, exist, etc.
a country on the verge of disaster; scientists on the verge of a discovery


Definition of 'verge' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) verge
a rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean

2. (noun) verge
the stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, they holding it in the hand, and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge

3. (noun) verge
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

4. (noun) verge
a virgate; a yardland

5. (noun) verge
a border, limit, or boundary of a space; an edge, margin, or brink of something definite in extent

6. (noun) verge
a circumference; a circle; a ring

7. (noun) verge
the shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft

8. (noun) verge
the edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof

9. (noun) verge
the spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. See under Escapement

10. (noun) verge
the edge or outside of a bed or border

11. (noun) verge
a slip of grass adjoining gravel walks, and dividing them from the borders in a parterre

12. (noun) verge
the penis

13. (noun) verge
the external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc. See Illustration in Appendix

14. (verb) verge
to border upon; to tend; to incline; to come near; to approach

15. (verb) verge
to tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north


Translation of 'verge' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the (grass) edging of a garden bed, a road etc
It's illegal to drive on the grass verge.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: rand Arabic flag Arabic: حافَّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: ивица трева
Brazilian flag Brazilian: orla Czech flag Czech: okraj German flag German: der Rand
Danish flag Danish: kant; -kant Greek flag Greek: χείλος, άκρο Spanish flag Spanish: margen, borde; arcén
Estonian flag Estonian: ääris Farsi flag Farsi: حاشیه؛ کناره Finnish flag Finnish: piennar
French flag French: bord Hebrew flag Hebrew: שוּלַיִים Hindi flag Hindi: किनारा
Croatian flag Croatian: rub Hungarian flag Hungarian: széle (vminek) Indonesian flag Indonesian: tepi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kantur; vegarbrún Italian flag Italian: orlo Japanese flag Japanese: 
Korean flag Korean: 길가, 화단가 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kraštas, riba Latvian flag Latvian: (dārza, ceļa u.tml.) apma
Malay flag Malay: bahu jalan Dutch flag Dutch: berm Norwegian flag Norwegian: (vei)kant
Polish flag Polish: krawędź Portuguese flag Portuguese: orla Romanian flag Romanian: margine
Russian flag Russian: бордюр; обочина Slovak flag Slovak: okraj Slovenian flag Slovenian: travnati obrobek
Serbian flag Serbian: ivica Swedish flag Swedish: kant, rand Thai flag Thai: ริม (ถนน, ทางเดิน)
Turkish flag Turkish: kenar Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 邊緣 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: бордюр
Urdu flag Urdu: کنارہ Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bờ, ven Chinese flag Chinese: 边缘

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