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Meaning of 'border' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Border [ n.]
- The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.
- A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district.
- A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish.
- A narrow flower bed.
2 . Border [ v. i.]
- To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; -- with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.
- To approach; to come near to; to verge.
3 . Border [ v. t.]
- To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden.
- To be, or to have, contiguous to; to touch, or be touched, as by a border; to be, or to have, near the limits or boundary; as, the region borders a forest, or is bordered on the north by a forest.
- To confine within bounds; to limit.

Meaning of 'border' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . border [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a strip forming the outer edge of something
Example in sentence:
  • the rug had a wide blue border
2 . border [ v]
Meaning (2):
- lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
Example in sentence:
  • Canada adjoins the U.S.;
  • England marches with Scotland
Meaning (3):
- provide with a border or edge
Example in sentence:
  • edge the tablecloth with embroidery
Meaning (4):
- enclose in or as if in a frame
Example in sentence:
  • frame a picture
Meaning (5):
- extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
Example in sentence:
  • The forest surrounds my property

Nearby Words:

borable borachte boracic boracite boracous borage boragewort boraginaceous boragineous boramez

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