verge
verge /vɜːdʒ $ vɜːrdʒ/ noun [countable]
verge verb
مقدار نامعینی از زمین، حریم شاهراه یا راه، شانه تحکیم نشده، شانه تثبیت نشده، شانه راه، کنار، لبه، نزدیکی، حدود، حاشیه، نزدیک شدن، مشرف بودن بر، عمران: حاشیه، معماری: شانه نااستوار، قانون فقه: شانه خاکی جاده
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Synonyms & Related Wordsverge[noun]Synonyms:- border, boundary, brim, brink, edge, limit, margin, threshold
[verb]Synonyms:- verge on: border, approach, come near
Related Words: border line,
approach,
incline,
lean,
tend (to or toward),
touch (on or upon) [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English DictionaryI. verge1 /vɜːdʒ $ vɜːrdʒ/
noun [countable][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: 'long pole', from Latin virga; from within the verge 'within the area controlled by someone who carried a pole as a sign of authority']
1. be on the verge of something to be at the point where something is about to happen:
Jess seemed on the verge of tears. an event which left her on the verge of a nervous breakdown Mountain gorillas are on the verge of extinction.be on the verge of doing something The show was on the verge of being canceled due to low ratings.2. British English the edge of a road, path etc:
The car skidded across the road and came to a stop on the grass verge. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. verge2 verbverge on/upon something phrasal verb to be very close to a harmful or extreme state:
Many of Lewis’s activities verged on the illegal. Some of his ideas are verging on the dangerous. His love of James Dean movies verged on fanaticism. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationsverge noun ADJ. grass | motorway, roadside VERB + VERGE bring sb/sth to (figurative) This action brought the country to the verge of economic collapse. PREP. on the ~ (figurative) She was on the verge of a nervous breakdown when she finally sought help. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲