verge
A rod or staff of office, e.gA rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
» Tom is on the verge of crying.
Том вот-вот заплачет.
Том ось-ось заплаче.
Meaning
12 sensesA rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
жезлžezl, по́сохpósox
a ceremonial or emblematic staff
A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
(UK, historical)The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.
An edge or border.
a grass border along a road
An edge or border.
(Australia, New Zealand, UK, Western)The grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road.
Seitenstreifen, Rand
обо́чинаobóčina, граньgranʹ, крайkraj
(figuratively)An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen.
I was on the verge of tears.
Rand, äußerster Rand
граньgranʹ
the limit beyond which something happens or changes
An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland.
A circumference; a circle; a ring.
The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
The eaves or edge of the roof that projects over the gable of a roof.
The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.
(obsolete)The phallus.
The phallus.
(obsolete)The external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc.
Examples
124 sentencesTom is on the verge of crying.
Том ось-ось заплаче. — deniko
ruТом вот-вот заплачет. — marafon
She was on the verge of killing herself.
Вона була на межі самогубства. — deniko
ruОна была на грани самоубийства. — sharptoothed
deSie war kurz davor, sich selbst zu töten. — Esperantostern
She was on verge of fainting.
ruОна была на грани обморока. — marafon
Tom was on verge of fainting.
ruТом был на грани обморока. — marafon
I was on verge of fainting.
ruЯ был на грани обморока. — marafon
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 3
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French verge (“rod or wand of office”), hence "scope, territory dominBorrowed from Middle French verge (“rod or wand of office”), hence "scope, territory dominated", from Latin virga (“shoot, rod stick”), of unknown origin. Earliest attested sense in English is now-obsolete meaning "male member, penis" (c.1400). Modern sense is from the notion of 'within the verge' (1509, also as Anglo-Norman dedeinz la verge), i.e. "subject to the Lord High Steward's authority" (as symbolized by the rod of office), originally a 12-mile radius round the royal court, which sense shifted to "the outermost edge of an expanse or area." Doublet of virga.
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