brink
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a region marking a boundary
Types & categories
- bound hypernym
Related & opposite
- verge derivation
Sense 2 noun
the edge of a steep place
Types & categories
- edge hypernym
Sense 3 noun
the limit beyond which something happens or changes
on the verge of tears
Types & categories
- limit hypernym
Related & opposite
- verge derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | verge |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bound |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | edge |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | verge |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | limit |