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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun brink has 3 senses
- brink(n = noun.shape) threshold, verge - a region marking a boundary; Array is a kind of bound, boundary, edge
- brink(n = noun.location) Array - the edge of a steep place; Array is a kind of border, edge
- brink(n = noun.attribute) verge - the limit beyond which something happens or changes; "on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy" is a kind of bound, boundary, limit
CIDE DICTIONARY
brink, n. [Dan. brink edge, verge; akin to Sw. brink declivity, hill, Icel. brekka; cf. LG. brink a grassy hill, W. bryn hill, bryncyn hillock.].
The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. Also Fig. [1913 Webster]
"The plashy brink of weedy lake."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
brink, n.
1 the extreme edge of land before a precipice, river, etc., esp. when a sudden drop follows.
2 the furthest point before something dangerous or exciting is discovered.
1 the extreme edge of land before a precipice, river, etc., esp. when a sudden drop follows.
2 the furthest point before something dangerous or exciting is discovered.
Idiom
on the brink of about to experience or suffer; in imminent danger of.
Etymology
ME f. ON: orig. unkn.
THESAURUS
brink
bank, board, border, bordure, brim, brow, coast, edge, featheredge, flange, frame, fringe, hem, labellum, labium, labrum, ledge, limb, limbus, lip, list, marge, margin, perimeter, periphery, point, ragged edge, rim, selvage, shore, side, sideline, skirt, threshold, vergeROGET THESAURUS
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Edge
N edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border, confine, skirt, rim, flange, side, mouth, jaws, chops, chaps, fauces, lip, muzzle, threshold, door, porch, portal, coast, shore, frame, fringe, flounce, frill, list, trimming, edging, skirting, hem, selvedge, welt, furbelow, valance, gimp, border, marginal, skirting, labial, labiated, marginated.
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