'Bordering' definitions:
Definition of 'Bordering'
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]
Synonyms of 'bordering'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adjacent,
- adjoining,
- beading,
- binding,
- borderline,
- bordure,
- boundary,
- bounding,
- coastal,
- connecting,
- conterminous,
- contiguous,
- coterminous,
- determinant,
- determinative,
- determining,
- edging,
- end to end,
- endways,
- endwise,
- extreme,
- face to face,
- fimbria,
- fimbriation,
- flounce,
- frill,
- frilling,
- fringe,
- fringing,
- frontier,
- furbelow,
- galloon,
- hem,
- immediate,
- joined,
- juxtaposed,
- juxtapositional,
- juxtapositive,
- limbic,
- liminal,
- limit,
- limiting,
- list,
- littoral,
- marginal,
- motif,
- neighbor,
- neighboring,
- next,
- rimming,
- ruffle,
- selvage,
- skirting,
- terminal,
- threshold,
- trimming,
- valance,
- welt