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verge

/vɝd͡ʒ/noun, verb1 syllable

Verge means: a ceremonial or emblematic staff.

Synonyms for verge20

noun, as in a ceremonial or emblematic staff

scepter, sceptre, wand

noun, as in a region marking a boundary

brink, threshold

noun, as in the limit beyond which something happens or changes

brink

also used for verge

berm, besidewalk, boulevard, boulevard strip, city easement, common, county strip, curb lawn, curb strip, devil strip/devil's strip/devilstrip, drivestrip/drive strip, easement, extension lawn, furniture zone, grass bay

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What does verge mean?5

noun

1

a ceremonial or emblematic staff

2

a region marking a boundary

3

the limit beyond which something happens or changes“on the verge of tears”

4

a grass border along a road

verb

1

border on; come close to“His behavior verges on the criminal”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with verge?8

one syllable

urgesurgemergepurgesergescourge

two syllables

emergeconverge
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Verge in a sentence

  • She is on the verge of a nervous breakdown.Zifre
  • The company is on the verge of bankruptcy.CM
  • The house was on the verge of collapse.Dejo
  • Some languages are on the verge of extinction.Ergulis
  • The poor cat was on the verge of starvation.CM
  • The poor child was on the verge of starvation.Dejo
  • I was on the verge of killing myself at that time.CK
  • Some wild animals are on the verge of extinction.CM

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Forms of verge

as a noun

plural
verges

as a verb

past tense
verged
present participle
verging
third-person singular
verges
past participle
verged