verge

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. edge, brink, rim, marge, margin; point, eve; limit. —v. i. be on the point (of); border, skirt, approach, touch; tend, incline. See tendency, nearness.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. edge, brink, terminus; see boundary .

• on the verge of,

Syn. not quite, at the point of, almost; see about to .

v.

1. [To be on the brink]

Syn. border, end, edge, touch; see approach 2 .

2. [To tend toward]

Syn. incline, lean, turn, swing toward; see tend 2 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

edge, brink, border, margin, limit, threshold, boundary, extremity, fringe, skirt, rim, lip, outer limits.

II

v.

incline, tend, lean toward, approach, come close, edge, neighbor, touch.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. A fairly narrow line or space forming a boundary: border, borderline, brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, margin, periphery, rim. Chiefly Military: perimeter. See EDGE. 1. A transitional interval beyond which some new action or different state of affairs is likely to begin or occur: borderline, brink, edge, point, threshold. See EDGE. II verb 1. To be contiguous or next to: abut, adjoin, border, bound2, butt2, join, meet1, neighbor, touch. See NEAR. 2. To put or form a border on: border, bound2, edge, fringe, margin, rim, skirt. See EDGE.