Verge
41verge — con·verge; di·verge·ment; verge; di·verge; …
42verge — [vɜːdʒ] verb I verge on sth II noun [C] British verge [vɜːdʒ] a border along the side of a road, often covered with grass • on the verge of sth about to do something or experience something[/ex] The two countries were on the verge of war.[/ex] …
43verge — I [[t]vɜrdʒ[/t]] n. v. verged, verg•ing 1) the limit beyond which something begins or occurs; brink: on the verge of a nervous breakdown[/ex] 2) the edge or margin of something: the verge of a desert[/ex] 3) a limiting belt, strip, or border of… …
44verge — I. /vɜdʒ / (say verj) noun 1. the edge, rim, or margin of something. 2. the limit or point beyond which something begins or occurs: to be on the verge of tears. 3. a limiting belt, strip, or border of something. 4. the cleared levelled space… …
45Vergé — Papier vergé Cette page frontispice de l Histoire Naturelle des Animaux de Georges Cuvier a été imprimé sur papier vergé. Le papier vergé est un papier qui laisse apercevoir par transparence de fines lignes parallèles horizontales dans l… …
46Verge — The verge was that area which stretched for 12 miles around wherever it was the itinerant royal household happened to be; because the household was always on the move, the boundaries of the verge were constantly moving. The marshal of the… …
47verge — English has two words verge. The noun [14], which now means ‘edge’, was originally used in English for ‘penis’ (it is to this day a technical term for the male reproductive organ of invertebrate animals). It comes via Old French verge from Latin… …
48verge — noun 1) the verge of the lake Syn: edge, border, margin, side, brink, rim, lip, fringe, boundary, perimeter 2) I was on the verge of tears Syn: brink …
49verge on — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms verge on : present tense I/you/we/they verge on he/she/it verges on present participle verging on past tense verged on past participle verged on verge on something to almost be in a particular state The test… …
50verge — English has two words verge. The noun [14], which now means ‘edge’, was originally used in English for ‘penis’ (it is to this day a technical term for the male reproductive organ of invertebrate animals). It comes via Old French verge from Latin… …
