- the edge or margin of a steep place or of land bordering water.
- any extreme edge; verge.
- a crucial or critical point, especially of a situation or state beyond which success or catastrophe occurs: We were on the brink of war.
- the edge, border, or verge of a steep place
- the highest point; top
- the land at the edge of a body of water
- the verge of an event or state
