Sekirov Dictionary

verge

UK /vɜːd͡ʒ/US /vɝd͡ʒ/

noun 12
verb 2
forms 4
phrases 1

noun12

•
An edge or border.
- Even though we go to the extreme verge of possibility to invent a supposition favourable to it, the theory[…]implies an absurdity. — 1848
•
(UK, Australia) The grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road.
- The shoulders are graded and the verges cleared well back to lessen the chances of hitting stray stock. — 2000
•
The eaves or edge of the roof that projects over the gable of a roof.
- The smaller ribs of tiles that run down to the eaves, along the ridges in a hip-roof, or border the verge in a gable-roof , often terminate in some ornamental tile in high-relief . — 1885
•
(figurative) An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen.
- I was on the verge of tears.
A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
(UK, historical) The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.
•
A circumference; a circle; a ring.
- The inclusive verge Of golden metal that must round my brow. — 1593
The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland.
The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.
The external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc.
(no longer used) The phallus.

verb2

•
To be or come very close; to border; to approach.
- Eating blowfish verges on insanity.
To bend or incline; to tend downward; to slope.

forms

verged · verging · verges · vergeth

Phrases with verge

verge on
To approach or come close to something; to border or be on the edge of something.

This dictionary works without the internet: on your phone · in Chrome