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Plural of verge

regular plural

The plural of verge is verges.

Forms of verge

Singularverge /vɜːd͡ʒ/
Pluralverges
Countablecountable

Verges in a sentence

  • The shoulders are graded and the verges cleared well back to lessen the chances of hitting stray stock.2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 129
  • Eating blowfish verges on insanity.
  • Common green corridors include railway embankments, river banks and roadside grass verges.From the entry green corridor
  • Bungee jumping verges on the insane, if you ask me.From the entry verge on
  • The yardgrass (Eleusine indica) has similarly spread along roadside verges in western Africa and other tropical regions.1991, David Moresby Moore, Plant Life, page 34. From the entry yardgrass

Meaning of verge

  1. noun A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
  2. noun The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.
  3. noun An edge or border.

Full definition of verge

Questions about the plural of verge

What is the plural of verge?
The plural of verge is verges.
Is verge countable?
Verge is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: verge (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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