<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the edge, rim, or margin of something: the verge of a desert; to operate on the verge of fraud.</li><li>the limit or point beyond which something begins or occurs; brink: on the verge of a nervous breakdown.</li><li>a limiting belt, strip, or border of something.</li><li>British: a narrow strip of turf bordering on a pathway, sidewalk, roadway, etc.</li><li>a decorative border, as on or around an object, structural part, etc.</li><li>limited room or scope for something: an action within the verge of one's abilities.</li><li>an area or district subject to a particular jurisdiction.</li><li>History/Historical: an area or district in England embracing the royal palace, being the jurisdiction of the Marshalsea Court.</li><li>the part of a sloping roof that projects beyond the gable wall.</li><li>Architecture: the shaft of a column or colonette.</li><li>a rod, wand, or staff, especially one carried as an emblem of authority or of the office of a bishop, dean, or the like.</li><li>Horology: a palletlike lever formerly used in inexpensive pendulum clocks.</li><li>Obsolete: a stick or wand held in the hand of a person swearing fealty to a feudal lord on being admitted as a tenant.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to be on the edge or margin; border: Our property verges on theirs.</li><li>to come close to or be in transition to some state, quality, etc. (usually followed by on): a statesman who verged on greatness; a situation that verged on disaster.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to serve as the verge or boundary of: a high hedge verging the yard.</li></ul>