Definitions for Verge

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Verge verge

Spelling: [vurj]

IPA: /vɜrdʒ/

Verge is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 38 anagrams from letters in Verge (eegrv).

Definitions for Verge

noun

1. the edge, rim, or margin of something:
2. the limit or point beyond which something begins or occurs; brink:
3. a limiting belt, strip, or border of something.
4. British. a narrow strip of turf bordering on a pathway, sidewalk, roadway, etc.
5. a decorative border, as on or around an object, structural part, etc.
6. limited room or scope for something:
7. an area or district subject to a particular jurisdiction.
8. History/Historical. an area or district in England embracing the royal palace, being the jurisdiction of the Marshalsea Court.
9. the part of a sloping roof that projects beyond the gable wall.
10. Architecture. the shaft of a column or colonette.
11. a rod, wand, or staff, especially one carried as an emblem of authority or of the office of a bishop, dean, or the like.
12. Horology. a palletlike lever formerly used in inexpensive pendulum clocks.
13. Obsolete. a stick or wand held in the hand of a person swearing fealty to a feudal lord on being admitted as a tenant.

verb (used with object)

1. to serve as the verge or boundary of:

verb (used without object)

1. to be on the edge or margin; border:
2. to come close to or be in transition to some state, quality, etc. (usually followed by on):
3. to incline; tend (usually followed by to or toward):
4. to slope or sink.

Origin of Verge

1350-1400; late Middle English: shaft, column, rod (hence boundary or jurisdiction symbolized by a steward's rod), Middle English: penis Middle French: rod Latin virga

Examples for Verge

A grave Spaniard, somewhat past the verge of middle age, appeared.

It was a brutally hot day, 103 degrees, and the city was on the verge of a racial explosion.

All joking aside, what was once considered an expensive gimmick is on the verge of going mainstream.

But to say the capital teeters on the verge of collapse is both melodramatic and misleading.

On the verge of turning 60 this December, Lennox still has a few items to cross off her bucket list.

Washington State is on the verge of passing new gun control legislation.

White Fang, on the verge of retreat, would have retreated, leaving the meat to him.

They had bubbled up within him—were hovering on the verge of his burning lips.

To him came these men broken down, some on the verge of insanity.

I have twice been on the verge of slaying you, and the third time might be too much for my patience.