border

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border

The gardener plants a row of flowers along the border of the lawn.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A strip forming the outer edge of something: A decorative or structural strip around the edge of an object or area.
    • The boundary line of a surface or area: The line that separates one area, especially a country, state, or province, from another.
    • The area near such a boundary: The region immediately adjacent to a boundary line.

  2. Verb:

    • To form a boundary along; to lie adjacent to: To share a common border with something.
    • To provide with a border: To put an edge or decorative strip around something.
    • To be close or similar to (an extreme condition or quality): To approach the condition of something else, often something negative.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • She planted flowers along the border of the garden path.
    • They crossed the border into Canada at dawn.
    • The town is located in a peaceful border region.

  • Verb:

    • France borders Spain to the south.
    • The card was bordered with a delicate gold pattern.
    • His reckless behavior borders on insanity.
Advanced Usage
  • "to border on something": To be very close to a particular state, quality, or feeling, often an extreme one.
    • Her dedication to her work borders on obsession.
    • The film's plot was so absurd it bordered on comedy.
Variants and Related Words
  • Borderline (adj/noun): A barely acceptable or uncertain case; a boundary line.
    • His test score was borderline, so he needed to retake it.
  • Bordering (adj): Adjacent; being next to.
    • We visited the bordering villages.
  • Borderless (adj): Having no borders or limits.
    • We live in an increasingly borderless digital world.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Edge, perimeter, boundary, frontier, margin, verge, rim.
  • Verb: Adjoin, abut, neighbor, flank, edge, fringe, skirt.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Border on: (See "Advanced Usage" above). To be very similar to or nearly be something.
    • The conditions in the camp border on inhumane.
Related Idioms
  • Cross the border: To go from one country into another.
    • They plan to cross the border for a weekend trip.
  • On the border of: At the edge of; very near to a place or condition.
    • The old house stood on the border of the forest.
border

The gardener plants a row of flowers along the border of the lawn.

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

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