Verge

Noun

 * 1) A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
 * 2) An edge or border.
 * 3)  The grassy area between the sidewalk and the street; a tree lawn.
 * 4)  A male rod, phallus
 * 5)  An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen
 * I was on the verge of tears.

Verb

 * 1)  To be or come very close; to border; to approach.
 * Eating blowfish verges on insanity.

Adjectives for Verge
utmost; inclusive;  uppermost;  farthest; beetling; -extreme; outward.

Verbs for Verge
achieve—; ascend to—; approach—; attain —; skirt—; steer to—; tread on—; —borders; —bounds; —encloses.

Thesaurus
about to, abut, abut on, adjoin, aim, approach, armory, badge, badge of office, badges, bank, baton, be contiguous, be in contact, bear, befringe, bend to, bias, bind, blazonry, board, border, border line, border on, bordure, bound, boundaries, boundary, bounds, bourns, brassard, brim, brink, brow, butt, button, cap and gown, chain, chain of office, circumference, circumscription, class ring, coast, cockade, collar, communicate, compass, conduce, confines, conjoin, connect, contribute, coordinates, cross, decoration, dispose, draw, dress, eagle, edge, edges, emblems, enframe, ensigns, extend, fasces, featheredge, figurehead, flange, fleur-de-lis, frame, fringe, fringes, go, hammer and sickle, have a tendency, head, hem, heraldry, hold a heading, incline, insignia, join, labellum, labium, labrum, lap, lapel pin, lead, lean, ledge, lie by, limb, limbus, limitations, limits, line, lip, list, livery, look to, mace, mantle, march, marches, marge, margin, medal, metes, metes and bounds, mortarboard, move, neighbor, old school tie, outline, outlines, outskirts, pale, parameters, perimeter, periphery, pin, point, point to, purfle, purl, ragged edge, ready to, redound to, regalia, rim, ring, rose, school ring, selvage, serve, set, set off, set toward, shamrock, shore, show a tendency, side, sideline, sigillography, skirt, skirts, skull and crossbones, sphragistics, staff, stand by, steer, stretch, surround, swastika, tartan, tend, tend to, tend to go, thistle, threshold, tie, touch, trench, trend, trim, turn, uniform, verge on, verge upon, verges, wand, warp, work toward

Etymology 1
From verge:, hence "scope, territory dominated", from  virga:, of unknown origin. Earliest attested sense in English is now-obsolete meaning "male member, penis" (c.1400). Often creating a sense of excitement for the male and perhaps the birth of the expression "on the verge" related to "close to". Modern sense is from the notion of 'within the verge' (1509, also as dedeinz la verge), i.e. "subject to the Lord High Steward's authority" (as symbolized by the rod of office), originally a 12-mile radius round the royal court, which sense shifted to "the outermost edge of an expanse or area."

Etymology 2
From vergere "to bend, turn, tend toward, incline", from the Proto-Indo-European werg- "to turn", itself from a root wer- "to turn, bend" (compare versus); strongly influenced by the homonymous noun verge in its verbal form meaning "to be adjacent to"

Noun

 * Dutch: roede or, staf
 * Indonesian: ambang


 * Russian: ,
 * Simplified Chinese:


 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Indonesian: ambang
 * Russian:


 * Scottish Gaelic: iomall, oir
 * Simplified Chinese: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Indonesian: ambang


 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic: iomall, oir
 * Simplified Chinese: ,

Verb

 * Dutch: grenzen aan
 * Finnish: lähennellä, olla jonkin rajoilla
 * German: grenzen an


 * Indonesian: ambang
 * Simplified Chinese: ,

Noun

 * 1) A rod
 * 2) A male member, penis

Etymology
From verge:, hence "scope, territory dominated", from  virga:, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation




Derived terms

 * vergé (adjective)
 * vergée
 * verger (verb)
 * vergeron
 * vergeté (adjective)
 * vergeter (verb)
 * vergette
 * vergeture

Anagrams

 * grève