- 1. n. 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. Source: opted
- 2. n. a region marking a boundary Source: wordnet
- 3. n. the edge of a steep place Source: wordnet
- 4. n. the limit beyond which something happens or changes Source: wordnet
- 5. 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. The plashy brink of weedy lake. Bryant. Source: webster
- 6. The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of aprecipice; 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.The plashy brink of weedy lake. Bryant. Source: adambom
- 7. n:100 n. a region marking a boundary n. the edge of a steep place Source: ecdict
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