verge — meaning in English
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English meaning
- birch noun A tree with thin, often pale, peeling bark, common across the Northern Hemisphere.
- laid verb Past tense and past participle of "lay" — to have placed something down.
- rod noun A straight, thin bar, stick, or pole made of wood, metal, or similar material.
- yard noun An outdoor area next to or enclosed by a building, often with a lawn or garden.
Senses
verge is used for these senses in English:
- birch A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.
- laid (of paper) Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.
- rod (archaic) A unit of area equal to a square rod, 30+1⁄4 square yards or 1⁄160 acre.
- yard (obsolete) A staff, rod, or stick.
- yard (obsolete) The rod, a surveying unit of (once) 15 or (now) 16+1⁄2 feet.
birch — full definition
- noun A tree with thin, often pale, peeling bark, common across the Northern Hemisphere.
- noun A bundle of birch twigs formerly used as an instrument of corporal punishment.
- verb To punish someone by beating them with a birch rod.
laid — full definition
- verb Past tense and past participle of "lay" — to have placed something down.
- adj Marked with fine parallel ribbing, as in a type of paper made using a ribbed mould.