ALL meanings of brink
brink
B b - singular noun brink If you are on the brink of something, usually something important, terrible, or exciting, you are just about to do it or experience it. 3
- noun brink the edge, border, or verge of a steep place 3
- noun brink the highest point; top 3
- noun brink the land at the edge of a body of water 3
- noun brink the verge of an event or state 3
- noun brink the edge, esp. at the top of a steep place; verge 3
- noun brink the bank, esp. when steep, of a river or other body of water 3
- noun brink the edge or margin of a steep place or of land bordering water. 1
- noun brink any extreme edge; verge. 1
- noun brink a crucial or critical point, especially of a situation or state beyond which success or catastrophe occurs: We were on the brink of war. 1
- noun brink edge, verge 1
- noun brink edge 1
- noun brink land bordering water 1
- noun brink 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. 0