verges
Grassy roadside strips
Verges is the third-person singular of verge, meaning to approach or border on something: Her enthusiasm verges on obsession, The situation verges on chaos.
The noun verge is an edge or boundary—often the grassy strip alongside a road in British usage.
To be on the verge of something is to be at the point of it happening: She was on the verge of tears.
Critical boundary point
- cuspPoint of transition
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- precipiceSteep rock face
- pointExact location or meaning
eve · edge · approach · nearness · proximity · tipping point · watershed · turning point
Outer limits or boundaries
- bordersLines separating regions
- peripheriesOuter boundary areas
- fringesOuter edges or tassels
- limitsImposed maximum points
thresholds · perimeters · outskirts · bounds · confines · rims · lips · sides
brink
Critical boundary point
point · eve · edge · approach · nearness · proximity · tipping point · watershed · turning point · juncture
edges
Outer limits or boundaries
- bordersLines separating regions
- peripheriesOuter boundary areas
- fringesOuter edges or tassels
limits · thresholds · perimeters · outskirts · bounds · confines · rims · lips · sides · demarcations
- roadshighway, highways, road, freeway, roads
- manicurednails, fingernails, cuticles, hands, toenails
- pollinator habitatsbee gardens, butterfly gardens, pollinator gardens, wildflower meadows, bee hotels
vergesretreats
Backs off or sanctuaries
withdraws · recedes · distances · pulls back · moves away
- on the vergeAt the edge of
- verge onAlmost become something
- on the verge of tears
- verging onNearly becoming something
- verge escapementEarly clock speed regulator
verge, diverge, converge, divergence, convergence, verging, verged, verger, verge on