Border : (noun)
1: a line that indicates a boundary [syn: boundary line, borderline,
delimitation, mete]
2: the boundary line or the area immediately inside the
boundary [syn: margin, perimeter]
3: the boundary of a surface [syn: edge]
4: a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge [syn: molding,
moulding]
5: a strip forming the outer edge of something; "the rug had a
wide blue border"
(verb)
1: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest
surrounds my property" [syn: surround, skirt]
2: form the boundary of; be contiguous to [syn: bound]
3: enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture" [syn: frame,
frame in]
4: provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with
embroidery" [syn: edge]
5: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins
the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: adjoin,
edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
2. To approach; to come near to; to verge.
Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be
branded as folly. --Abp.
Tillotson.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Border, AK
Zip code(s): 99780
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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