vergenoun [ C ]
uk/vɜːdʒ/us/vɝːdʒ/the edge or border of something:
They set up camp on the verge of the desert.
UK US shoulder the strip of land that borders a road or path:
She left her car by the side of the road and walked along the grass verge to the emergency phone.
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Edges & extremities of objects
- apex
- apices
- bevel
- border
- bottom
- brim
- crest
- edge
- framed
- fringe
- front
- head
- palm-fringed
- peripheral
- periphery
- rim
- skirt
- surmount
- tip
- vertex
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Road surfaces & features
Idiom(s)
on the verge (of)