'Border' definitions:

Definition of 'border'

(from WordNet)
noun
A line that indicates a boundary [syn: boundary line, border, borderline, delimitation, mete]
noun
The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary [syn: margin, border, perimeter]
noun
The boundary of a surface [syn: edge, border]
noun
A decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge [syn: molding, moulding, border]
noun
A strip forming the outer edge of something; "the rug had a wide blue border"
verb
Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" [syn: surround, environ, ring, skirt, border]
verb
Form the boundary of; be contiguous to [syn: bound, border]
verb
Enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture" [syn: frame, frame in, border]
verb
Provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery" [syn: border, edge]
verb
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]

Definition of 'Border'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Upon the borders of these solitudes. --Bentham. [1913 Webster]
  • In the borders of death. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A narrow flower bed. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Edge; verge; brink; margin; brim; rim; boundary; confine. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Border'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To approach; to come near to; to verge. [1913 Webster]
  • Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly. --Abp. Tillotson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Border'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The country is bordered by a broad tract called the "hot region." --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
  • Shebah and Raamah . . . border the sea called the Persian gulf. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To confine within bounds; to limit. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • That nature, which contemns its origin, Can not be bordered certain in itself. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'border'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Border'