Border
['bɔːdə] or ['bɔrdɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a strip forming the outer edge of something; 'the rug had a wide blue border'.
(verb.) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; 'Canada adjoins the U.S.'; 'England marches with Scotland'.
(verb.) provide with a border or edge; 'edge the tablecloth with embroidery'.
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Definition
(n.) The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.
(n.) A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district.
(n.) A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish.
(n.) A narrow flower bed.
(v. i.) To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; -- with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.
(v. i.) To approach; to come near to; to verge.
(v. t.) To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To confine within bounds; to limit.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Edge, rim, brim, verge, brink, margin, skirt.[2]. Limit, boundary, confine, frontier.
v. a. Put a border upon, adorn with a border, make a border for.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Limit, boundary, brink, rim, verge, brim, edge, edging, band, hem, enclosure,confine
ANT:Land, tract, interior, substance, space, centre
Editor: Percival
Definition
n. the edge or margin of anything: the march or boundary of a country esp. that between England and Scotland: a flower-bed in a garden: a piece of ornamental edging or trimming round a garment &c.—v.i. to resemble (with on): to be adjacent (with upon with).—v.t. to make or adorn with a border: to bound.—ns. Bord′erer one who dwells on the border of a country; Bord′er-land.—adj. Bord′erless.
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Examples
- La, Mr. Pickwick,' said Mrs. Bardell, the crimson rising to her cap- border again. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He wore a tunic with a silver border, and gartered hose. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The whole covers a crimson velvet cap with an ermine border. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I'll take one look to see what the spring has done in the south border, too, first. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He kissed the border of her shawl again, and let her go. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Those parts of Great Britain which border upon the Irish sea are all grazing countries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Such warfare as had gone on between Christianity and Islam had been rather border-bickering than sustained war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- My first visit would be to my sister, who inhabited a little cottage, a part of Adrian's gift, on the borders of Windsor Forest. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Nor can we keep to the problem within our borders. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- To the scientists it would be a challenge--to bring these facts under the light of their researches, to extend these researches to the borders of those facts. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- A grass plat and borders fronted the cottage. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- For the most part this was a mere raiding of the borders. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They were on the borders of Oxfordshire, so far had poor old Betty Higden strayed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Yes, sir, near Farnham, on the borders of Surrey. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- They both rose, and slowly paced a green natural terrace bordering the chasm. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- During the rest of the day she did nothing but walk up and down the garden path in a state bordering on stupefaction. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Nations, bordering on the already infected countries, began to enter upon serious plans for the better keeping out of the enemy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- This done, he moved with slow step and abstracted air towards a door in the wall bordering the orchard. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The redwoods grow in the fog belt in the counties bordering the coast from Monterey Bay north to the Oregon line. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is distinguishable from that of copper by possessing a paler yellow than pure gold, while the copper alloy has a color bordering upon reddish yellow. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The poor man had been drinking for weeks, and was in a state bordering on delirium tremens. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Any enjoyment that bordered on riot seemed to approach me to her and her vices, and I eschewed it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- This man, however, was leaning against the railings which bordered our field and was looking earnestly up. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The arts of Greece, imported long before, had been developed into magnificence that bordered on vulgarity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Of pride, indeed, there was, perhaps, scarcely enough; his indifference to a confusion of rank, bordered too much on inelegance of mind. Jane Austen. Emma.
- But Madame Olenska, heedless of tradition, was attired in a long robe of red velvet bordered about the chin and down the front with glossy black fur. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Dr. Bain, I know, believed that my symptoms bordered on a decline and he wished me to try Italy. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Cautiously along the path that was bordered by fragments of crockery set in ashes, the two stole after him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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