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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a region marking a boundary;
[syn: brink, threshold, verge]

2. the edge of a steep place;

3. the limit beyond which something happens or changes;
- Example: "on the verge of tears"
- Example: "on the brink of bankruptcy"
[syn: verge, brink]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

brink n 1: a region marking a boundary [syn: brink, 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, brink]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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