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Border

//ˈbɔə.də// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions. countable, uncountable

    "The border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world."

  2. 2
    a strip forming the outer edge of something wordnet
  3. 3
    The outer edge of something. countable, uncountable

    "the borders of the garden"

  4. 4
    a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge wordnet
  5. 5
    A decorative strip around the edge of something. countable, uncountable

    "There’s a nice frilly border around the picture frame."

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  1. 6
    a line that indicates a boundary wordnet
  2. 7
    A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    the boundary of a surface wordnet
  4. 9
    Border morris or border dancing. British, uncountable
  5. 10
    the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary wordnet
  6. 11
    A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To put a border on something. transitive
  2. 2
    lie adjacent to another or share a boundary wordnet
  3. 3
    To form a border around; to bound. transitive
  4. 4
    extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle wordnet
  5. 5
    To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of. transitive

    "Denmark borders Germany to the south."

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  1. 6
    enclose in or as if in a frame wordnet
  2. 7
    To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with). intransitive

    "Connecticut borders on Massachusetts."

  3. 8
    provide with a border or edge wordnet
  4. 9
    To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon). intransitive

    "Wit which borders upon profaneness […]deserves to be branded as folly."

  5. 10
    form the boundary of; be contiguous to wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English bordure, from Old French bordeure, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bord, equivalent to modern French bord (“a border”) + -er. Akin to Middle High German borte (“border, trim”), German Borte (“ribbon, trimming”). Doublet of bordure. More at board. Further cognate to English board, Old Norse barð (“edge”), Swedish bård (“edge”), also English beard, German Bart (“beard”) (edge of the face) etc.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English bordure, from Old French bordeure, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bord, equivalent to modern French bord (“a border”) + -er. Akin to Middle High German borte (“border, trim”), German Borte (“ribbon, trimming”). Doublet of bordure. More at board. Further cognate to English board, Old Norse barð (“edge”), Swedish bård (“edge”), also English beard, German Bart (“beard”) (edge of the face) etc.

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