Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun verge

4 senses of verge

Sense 1
brink, threshold, verge -- (a region marking a boundary)
       => boundary, edge, bound -- (a line determining the limits of an area)

Sense 2
verge, brink -- (the limit beyond which something happens or changes; "on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy")
       => limit, bound, boundary -- (the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability")

Sense 3
scepter, sceptre, verge, wand -- (a ceremonial or emblematic staff)
       => staff -- (a rod carried as a symbol)

Sense 4
verge -- (a grass border along a road)
       => border -- (a strip forming the outer edge of something; "the rug had a wide blue border")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb verge

1 sense of verge

Sense 1
verge -- (border on; come close to; "His behavior verges on the criminal")
       => bound, border -- (form the boundary of; be contiguous to)