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–noun

1.	the edge or margin of a steep place or of land bordering water.

2.	any extreme edge; verge.

3.	a crucial or critical point, esp. of a situation or state beyond which success or catastrophe occurs: We were on the brink of war.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME brink < ON (Dan) brink, c. MLG brink edge, hillside, ON brekka slope, hill

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—Related forms

brinkless, adjective

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brink Audio Help (brĭngk) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. The upper edge of a steep or vertical slope: the brink of a cliff.
2. The margin of land bordering a body of water.
The point at which something is likely to begin; the verge: "Time and again the monarchs and statesmen of Europe approached the brink of conflict" (W. Bruce Lincoln). See Synonyms at border.

[Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin .]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
brink

c.1225, from M.L.G. brink "edge," or Dan. brink "shore, bank, grassy edge," from P.Gmc. *brenkon, prob. from PIE *bhreng-, var. of base *bhren- "project, edge" (cf. Lith. brinkti "to swell"). Brinkmanship (1956) was a Cold War coinage of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson, criticizing Sec. of State John Foster Dulles for "boasting of his brinkmanship, ... the art of bringing us to the edge of the nuclear abyss."

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brink
noun
1.	a region marking a boundary
2.	the edge of a steep place
3.	the limit beyond which something happens or changes; "on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy" [syn: verge]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
brink [briŋk] noun

the edge or border of a steep, dangerous place or of a river

Arabic:	حافه، حافَّه، حَرْف، شَفيرُ الهاوِيَه
Chinese (Simplified):	（河流的）边沿
Chinese (Traditional):	(河流的)邊沿
Czech:	příkrý břeh, okraj
Danish:	kant; bred
Dutch:	rand
Estonian:	järsak
Finnish:	parras
French:	bord (d'un à-pic)
German:	der Rand
Greek:	χείλος, άκρη, όριο
Hungarian:	vminek a széle, meredek part
Indonesian:	tebing, tepi, pinggir
Italian:	orlo, margine

Japanese:	(がけ・川の) 縁
Latvian:	(kraujas, bezdibeņa) mala; (stāvs) krasts
Lithuanian:	kraštas, status krantas
Norwegian:	rand, kant
Polish:	krawędź, skraj
Portuguese (Brazil):	beira
Portuguese (Portugal):	beira
Romanian:	margine, mal abrupt
Russian:	край
Slovak:	zráz; strmý svah
Slovenian:	rob
Spanish:	borde
Swedish:	kant, brant
Turkish:	kenar, kıyı,eşik

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Brink

Brink\, n. [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.

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