brink
Kelime Anlamı :

1. kenar.
2. (uçurum için) kenar; (felaket için) eşik.
3. eşik.
4. kıyı.
5. kenar (uçurum için).
6. eşik (felaket için).
7. ağız.
8. kenar kıyı.
9. on the brink of destruction mahvolmak üzere.
10. on the brink of the grave bir ayağı çukurda.
Sahne Örnekleri :
Eş Anlamlı Kelimeler :
edge, verge
Tanımlar :
1. the upper edge of a steep or vertical slope: the brink of a cliff.
2. the margin of land bordering a body of water.
3. the point at which something is likely to begin; the verge: "time and again the monarchs and statesmen of europe approached the brink of conflict” ( W. Bruce Lincoln). see synonyms at border.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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 used figuratively.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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. also fig.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. the edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice or the bank of a river; verge; hence, close proximity: as, “the precipice's brink,”
2. to be on the brink of ruin.
3.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. the edge of a steep place
2. a region marking a boundary
3. the limit beyond which something happens or changes
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.