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Border

Border Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Border? [n] a strip forming the outer edge of something; "the rug had a wide blue border" [n] a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge [n] the boundary of a surface [n] a line that indicates a boundary [n] the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary [v] lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [v] extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" [v] enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture" [v] provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery" [v] form the boundary of; be contiguous to Synonyms \| Synonyms for Border: abut \| adjoin \| borderline \| bound \| boundary line \| butt \| butt against \| butt on \| delimitation \| edge \| edge \| edge \| frame \| frame in \| march \| margin \| molding \| moulding \| perimeter \| skirt \| surround Related Terms \| Find terms related to Border: abut \| abut on \| act drop \| adjoin \| alpine garden \| ambit \| approach \| approximate \| arboretum \| arena \| asbestos \| asbestos board \| backdrop \| bailiwick \| bamboo curtain \| bank \| batten \| be contiguous \| be in contact \| beam \| beat \| bed \| befringe \| beginning \| Berlin wall \| bind \| binding \| board \| bog garden \| border ground \| border on \| borderland \| borderline \| borders \| bordure \| botanical garden \| bound \| boundary \| bounds \| brim \| brink \| broadside \| brow \| butt \| cheek \| chop \| circle \| circuit \| circumference \| circumscribe \| cloth \| coast \| communicate \| compare \| confine \| confines \| conjoin \| connect \| contour \| cortex \| coulisse \| counterweight \| covering \| crust \| curtain \| curtain board \| cyclorama \| dado \| decor \| define \| delineate \| demesne \| department \| domain \| dominion \| door \| drop \| drop curtain \| dry garden \| edge \| edging \| encircle \| enclose \| end \| enframe \| entrance \| envelope \| epidermis \| exterior \| external \| extremity \| facade \| face \| facet \| featheredge \| field \| fire curtain \| flange \| flank \| flat \| flipper \| flower bed \| flower garden \| frame \| frieze \| fringe \| front \| frontier \| frontier post \| garden \| garden spot \| grape ranch \| grapery \| hand \| handedness \| hanging \| haunch \| hem \| hemisphere \| herbarium \| hip \| hortus siccus \| integument \| iron curtain \| Japanese garden \| jardin \| join \| jowl \| judicial circuit \| jurisdiction \| kitchen garden \| labellum \| labium \| labrum \| lap \| laterality \| ledge \| lie by \| limb \| limbus \| limit \| limits \| line \| lineaments \| lines \| lip \| list \| many-sidedness \| march \| marches \| marchland \| marge \| margin \| marginate \| mark off \| market garden \| metes and bounds \| multilaterality \| near \| neighbor \| orb \| orbit \| ornamental garden \| outer face \| outer layer \| outer side \| outer skin \| outline \| outpost \| outside \| outskirts \| pale \| paradise \| perimeter \| periphery \| Pillars of Hercules \| pinetum \| planking \| precinct \| profile \| province \| purfle \| purl \| quarter \| rag \| ragged edge \| realm \| rim \| rind \| rock garden \| roof garden \| round \| scene \| scenery \| screen \| selvage \| set off \| shell \| shore \| shrubbery \| side \| side scene \| sideline \| siding \| skin \| skirt \| sphere \| stage screw \| stand by \| sunken garden \| superficies \| superstratum \| surface \| surround \| tab \| tableau \| tea garden \| teaser \| temple \| termination \| three-mile limit \| threshold \| top \| tormentor \| touch \| transformation \| transformation scene \| trench \| trim \| trimming \| truck garden \| twelve-mile limit \| unilaterality \| vegetable garden \| verge \| verge upon \| victory garden \| vinery \| vineyard \| wainscot \| wainscoting \| walk \| wing \| wingcut \| woodcut See Also \| approach \| border on \| bound \| bound \| boundary \| boundary \| bounds \| brink \| confine \| contact \| edge \| edge \| edging \| enclose \| enclose \| fence line \| fringe \| furnish \| gird \| girdle \| hem in \| hold in \| inclose \| limb \| margin \| meet \| neighbor \| neighbour \| picture frame \| property line \| provide \| render \| selvage \| selvedge \| shore \| shut in \| skirt \| state boundary \| state line \| supply \| touch \| verge \| verge Border In Webster's Dictionary \Bor"der\, n. [OE. bordure, F. bordure, fr. border to border, fr. bord a border; of German origin; cf. MHG. borte border, trimming, G. borte trimming, ribbon; akin to E. board in sense 8. See {Board}, n., and cf. {Bordure}.] 1. The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink. Upon the borders of these solitudes. --Bentham. In the borders of death. --Barrow. 2. A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district. 3. A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish. 4. A narrow flower bed. {Border land}, land on the frontiers of two adjoining countries; debatable land; -- often used figuratively; as, the border land of science. {The Border}, {The Borders}, specifically, the frontier districts of Scotland and England which lie adjacent. {Over the border}, across the boundary line or frontier. Syn: Edge; verge; brink; margin; brim; rim; boundary; confine. \Bor"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bordered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bordering}.] 1. To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; -- with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts. 2. To approach; to come near to; to verge. Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly. --Abp. Tillotson. \Bor"der\, v. t. 1. To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden. 2. 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. The country is bordered by a broad tract called the ``hot region.'' --Prescott. Shebah and Raamah . . . border the sea called the Persian gulf. --Sir W. Raleigh. 3. To confine within bounds; to limit. [Obs.] That nature, which contemns its origin, Can not be bordered certain in itself. --Shak.

Border Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Border?

[n] a strip forming the outer edge of something; "the rug had a wide blue border"
[n] a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge
[n] the boundary of a surface
[n] a line that indicates a boundary
[n] the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
[v] lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
[v] extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"
[v] enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture"
[v] provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery"
[v] form the boundary of; be contiguous to

Border In Webster's Dictionary

\Bor"der\, n. [OE. bordure, F. bordure, fr. border to
border, fr. bord a border; of German origin; cf. MHG. borte
border, trimming, G. borte trimming, ribbon; akin to E. board
in sense 8. See {Board}, n., and cf. {Bordure}.]
1. The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a
   garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

         Upon the borders of these solitudes.  --Bentham.

         In the borders of death.              --Barrow.

2. A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part
   of a country; a frontier district.

3. A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of
   something, as an ornament or finish.

4. A narrow flower bed.

{Border land}, land on the frontiers of two adjoining
   countries; debatable land; -- often used figuratively; as,
   the border land of science.

{The Border}, {The Borders}, specifically, the frontier
   districts of Scotland and England which lie adjacent.

{Over the border}, across the boundary line or frontier.

Syn: Edge; verge; brink; margin; brim; rim; boundary;
     confine.


\Bor"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bordered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Bordering}.]
1. To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or
   adjacent; -- with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on
   Massachusetts.

2. To approach; to come near to; to verge.

         Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be
         branded as folly.                     --Abp.
                                               Tillotson.


\Bor"der\, v. t.
1. To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for
   ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden.

2. 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.

         The country is bordered by a broad tract called the
         ``hot region.''                       --Prescott.

         Shebah and Raamah . . . border the sea called the
         Persian gulf.                         --Sir W.
                                               Raleigh.

3. To confine within bounds; to limit. [Obs.]

         That nature, which contemns its origin, Can not be
         bordered certain in itself.           --Shak.

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