Brink

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The upper edge of a steep or vertical slope: the brink of a cliff.
  • n. The margin of land bordering a body of water.
  • n. The point at which something is likely to begin; the verge: "Time and again the monarchs and statesmen of Europe approached the brink of conflict” ( W. Bruce Lincoln). See Synonyms at border.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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 used figuratively.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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. Also Fig.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice or the bank of a river; verge; hence, close proximity: as, “the precipice's brink,”
  • n. to be on the brink of ruin.
  • n. Synonyms See rim.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the edge of a steep place
  • n. a region marking a boundary
  • n. the limit beyond which something happens or changes
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    edge    border    bound    boundary    limit   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verge    edge   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Chink    Fink    Inc    Inc.    bink    blink    chink    cinque    clink    dink   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    verge    rim    abyss    throes    midst    edge    eve    precipice    margin    depth