Brink
[brɪŋk]
Definition
(noun.) the edge of a steep place.
(noun.) a region marking a boundary.
Editor: Spence--From WordNet
Definition
(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 Fig.
Editor: Vicky
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Edge, border, margin, verge, brow.
Edited by Emily
Definition
n. the edge or border of a steep place or of a river: (fig.) the very verge of time at the very point of something—e.g. To be on the brink of death.
Edited by Edith
Examples
- Since I must go away--since we must always be divided--you may think of me as one on the brink of the grave. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- At length he summoned me by a low, S-s-t, and I crept toward the sound of his voice to find him kneeling on the brink of an opening in the floor. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Were we to fail on the very brink of success? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- For a second I toppled there upon the brink. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I did not know before, that I had two daughters on the brink of matrimony. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- We tottered together upon the brink of the fall. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I feel as sure as I sit here, Fred will turn out well--else why was he brought back from the brink of the grave? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I took up the stick, and knelt down on the brink of the South Spit. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- His father’s shop burned, and the whole family seemed on the brink of ruin. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Each on the brink of departure, the father and son looked at each other, then parted. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Diggory, having returned to the brink of the pool, observed that the small upper hatches or floats were withdrawn. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Thus tottering on the dizzy brink, we were happy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- This did not lead well towards the news that Mr. Garth was on the brink of losing ninety-two pounds and more. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The very oldest of the trees, gnarled mighty oaks, crowd about the brink of this dell. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She has no strength of will or character to help herself and she is on the brink of being sold into wretchedness for life. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Typist: Millie