Meaning of verge | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
3. A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger. 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
4. 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.
   UK, historical
5. 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
6. To come near, as in quality or amount:approach, approximate, border on (or upon), challenge, rival.
7. An edge or border.
8. An edge or border. The grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road
9. the (grass) edging of a garden bed, a road etc. It's illegal to drive on the grass verge. rand حافَّه ивица трева orla okraj der Rand kant; -kant χείλος, άκρο margen, borde; arcén ääris حاشیه؛ کناره piennar bord שוּלַיִים किनारा rub széle (vminek) tepi kantur; vegarbrún orlo 緑 길가, 화단가 kraštas, riba (dārza, ceļa u.tml.) apmale bahu jalan bermkantkrawędź orla margine бордюр; обочина okraj travnati obrobek ivica kant, rand ริม (ถนน, ทางเดิน) kenar 邊緣 бордюр کنارہ bờ, ven 边缘
   etc
10. The grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road.
    Australia, New-Zealand, UK, Western
11. The grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road
12. to be on the border (of). She is verging on insanity. is op die rand van يُتاخِم، يكون على الحافَّه клоня beirar být na pokraji sich neigen være på grænsen til αγγίζω τα όρια, είμαι στα πρόθυρα rayar (millegi) piiri peal olema در مرز چیزی بودن lähetä frôler להיות עַל סַף झुकना biti na rubu határos vmivel mendekati jaðra við avvicinarsi 接する (…의) 가에 있다 būti ant ribos robežoties ar; būt uz robežas hampir-hampir op de rand staan van være på randen av być bliskim, graniczyć z beirar a fi în pragul...
13. An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen.
    figuratively
14. An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen
15. anillo anal; margen; límite; borde;on the ___ of → a punto de.
16. The phallus.
    obsolete
17. An edge or margin; a border. See Synonyms at border.
18. The external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc.
    obsolete
19. The point beyond which an action, state, or condition is likely to begin or occur; the brink: on the verge of tears; a nation on the verge of economic prosperity.
20. An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland.
21. A rod, wand, or staff carried as an emblem of authority or office.
22. A circumference; a circle; a ring.
23. The spindle of a balance wheel in a clock or watch, especially such a spindle in a clock with vertical escapement.
24. The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
25. The male organ of copulation in certain mollusks.
26. The eaves or edge of the roof that projects over the gable of a roof.
27. To approach the nature or condition of something specified; come close. Used with on: a brilliance verging on genius.
    on
28. The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.

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Examples

“Even though we go to the extreme verge of possibility to invent a supposition favourable to it, the theory[…]implies an absurdity.”

“But on the horizon's verge descried, Hangs, touched with light, one snowy sail.”

“It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.”

“The shoulders are graded and the verges cleared well back to lessen the chances of hitting stray stock.”

“I was on the verge of tears.”

“The tremendous tragedy in which he had been involved – it was evident he was a fugitive from Weybridge - had driven him to the very verge of his reason.”

“The inclusive verge Of golden metal that must round my brow.”

“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 .”

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