From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
border
n 1: a line that indicates a boundary [syn: boundary line,
border, borderline, delimitation, mete]
2: the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
[syn: margin, border, perimeter]
3: the boundary of a surface [syn: edge, border]
4: a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge [syn:
molding, moulding, border]
5: a strip forming the outer edge of something; "the rug had a
wide blue border"
v 1: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The
forest surrounds my property" [syn: surround, environ,
ring, skirt, border]
2: form the boundary of; be contiguous to [syn: bound,
border]
3: enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture" [syn:
frame, frame in, border]
4: provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with
embroidery" [syn: border, edge]
5: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins
the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: border,
adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against,
butt on]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Border \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.
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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.
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The country is bordered by a broad tract called the
"hot region." --Prescott.
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Shebah and Raamah . . . border the sea called the
Persian gulf. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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3. To confine within bounds; to limit. [Obs.]
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That nature, which contemns its origin,
Can not be bordered certain in itself. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Border \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.
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Upon the borders of these solitudes. --Bentham.
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In the borders of death. --Barrow.
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2. A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part
of a country; a frontier district.
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3. A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of
something, as an ornament or finish.
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4. A narrow flower bed.
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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.
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Syn: Edge; verge; brink; margin; brim; rim; boundary;
confine.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Border \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.
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2. To approach; to come near to; to verge.
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Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be
branded as folly. --Abp.
Tillotson.
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