Brink

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Brink \Brink\ (br[i^][ng]k), n. [Dan. brink edge, verge; akin to
     Sw. brink declivity, hill, Icel. brekka; cf. LG. brink a
     grassy hill, W. bryn hill, bryncyn hillock.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The plashy brink of weedy lake.          --Bryant.
     [1913 Webster] brinkmanship

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  brink
       n 1: a region marking a boundary [syn: {threshold}, {verge}]
       2: the edge of a steep place
       3: the limit beyond which something happens or changes; "on the
          verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy" [syn: {verge}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "brink":
     bank, board, border, bordure, brim, brow, coast, edge, featheredge,
     flange, frame, fringe, hem, labellum, labium, labrum, ledge, limb,
     limbus, lip, list, marge, margin, perimeter, periphery, point,
     ragged edge, rim, selvage, shore, side, sideline, skirt, threshold,
     verge