The extreme edge or margin; a border. See Synonyms at border.
An enclosing boundary.
The space enclosed by such a boundary.
The point beyond which an action, state, or condition is likely to begin or occur; the brink: on the verge of tears; a nation on the verge of economic prosperity.
Architecture The edge of the tiling that projects over a roof gable.
Chiefly British The shoulder of a road.
A rod, wand, or staff carried as an emblem of authority or office.
Obsolete The rod held by a feudal tenant while swearing fealty to a lord.
The spindle of a balance wheel in a clock or watch, especially such a spindle in a clock with vertical escapement.
The male organ of copulation in certain invertebrates.
To approach the nature or condition of something specified; come close. Used with on: a brilliance verging on genius.
To be on the edge or border: Her land verges on the neighboring township.
To slope or incline.
To tend to move in a particular direction: "the Neoclassicism ... away from which they subsequently verged” ( Hugh Honour).
To pass or merge gradually: dusk verging into night.