Definition of verge Verge
/vɚˈʤ/ - [verj] - verge
We found 27 definitions of verge from 4 different sources.
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What does verge mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: verges |
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| verge - a grass border along a road | ||
| border a strip forming the outer edge of something; "the rug had a wide blue border" | ||
| verge - the limit beyond which something happens or changes; "on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy" | ||
| brink | ||
| boundary, bound, limit the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something | ||
| verge - a region marking a boundary | ||
| brink, threshold | ||
| boundary, bound, edge the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something | ||
| verge - a ceremonial or emblematic staff | ||
| scepter, sceptre, wand | ||
| staff a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose; "he walked with the help of a wooden staff" | ||
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| verge - border on; come close to; "His behavior verges on the criminal" | ||
| bound, border form the boundary of; be contiguous to | ||
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Wiktionary 
- verge (Noun)
A rod or staff of office, e. g. of a verger. - verge (Noun)
An edge or border. - verge (Noun)
The grassy area between the sidewalk and the street; a tree lawn . - verge (Noun)
A male rod , phallus. - verge (Noun)
An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen. - verge (Verb)
To be or come very close; to border; to approach.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- verge (n.)
A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean. - verge (n.)
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. - verge (n.)
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. - verge (n.)
A virgate; a yardland. - verge (n.)
A border, limit, or boundary of a space; an edge, margin, or brink of something definite in extent. - verge (n.)
A circumference; a circle; a ring. - verge (n.)
The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft. - verge (n.)
The edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof. - verge (n.)
The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. See under Escapement. - verge (n.)
The edge or outside of a bed or border. - verge (n.)
A slip of grass adjoining gravel walks, and dividing them from the borders in a parterre. - verge (n.)
The penis. - verge (n.)
The external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc. See Illustration in Appendix. - verge (v. i.)
To border upon; to tend; to incline; to come near; to approach. - verge (v. i.)
To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north.
