Verge - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the limit beyond which something happens or changes (syn: brink)
- a grass border along a road
verb
Extra examples
...the suspect was on the verge of confessing when the officers realized that he hadn't been read his rights...
...the southern verge of the national park...
He was on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
He stood on the verge of the rug.
The first tender tints of morning now appeared on the verge of the horizon.
The verge of matter and spirit.
Twice she was on the verge of telling all.
It verges (up)on madness.
The country is verging on chaos.
The sun verged westward.
The winter was verging into spring.
Its colour is dark red, verging into purple.
The Metropolitan Club verges dangerously toward a silliness of excess.
The car skidded across the road and came to a stop on the grass verge.
His behavior verges on the criminal
Word forms
I/you/we/they: verge
he/she/it: verges
present participle: verging
past tense: verged
past participle: verged
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