brink
brink is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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. "The brink of vice." Bp. Porteus. "The brink of ruin." Burke. The plashy brink of weedy lake. Bryant.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- border
- brim
- brow
- chaps
- chops
- coast
- confine
- door
- edge
- edging
- fauces
- flange
- flounce
- frame
- frill
- fringe
- furbelow
- gimp
- hem
- labial
- labiated
- lip
- list
- margin
- marginal
- marginated
- mouth
- muzzle
- opening
- porch
- portal
- rim
- selvedge
- shore
- side
- skirt
- skirting
- threshold
- trimming
- valance
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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