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Webster 1913 Edition

Brink

Brink

(brĭṉk)
,
Noun.
[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.
The plashy
brink
of weedy lake.
Bryant.

Webster 1828 Edition

Brink

BRINK

,
Noun.
The edge, margin or border of a steep place, as of a precipice, or the bank of a river.

Definition 2024

brink

brink

English

Noun

brink ‎(plural brinks)

  1. The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge,
    the brink of a river
  2. (figuratively) The edge or border
    the brink of success
    He's on the brink of madness.

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External links

  • brink in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • brink in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle Dutch brinc, from Old Dutch brink, from Proto-Germanic *brinkaz.

Cognate with English brink.

Noun

brink m ‎(plural brinken, diminutive brinkje n)

  1. edge or margin of a field
  2. edge or margin of a hill
  3. grassy edge or margin of a strip of land
  4. grassland

Etymology

From Middle English brinke, from Proto-Germanic *brinkaz (compare Dutch brink ‎(“grassland”), dialectal German Brunkel, Icelandic brekka ‎(“slope”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- ‎(“project”) (compare Tocharian B prenke ‎(“island”), Irish braine ‎(“prow”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɹɪŋk/
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋk

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