From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Border \Bor"der\, verb (used without an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Border \Bor"der\, verb (used with an object)
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. ||
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Border \Bor"der\, noun [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}, noun, 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.
{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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
245 Moby Thesaurus words for "border": Berlin wall, Japanese garden, Pillars of Hercules, abut, abut on, act drop, adjoin, alpine garden, ambit, approach, approximate, arboretum, arena, asbestos, asbestos board, backdrop, bailiwick, bamboo curtain, bank, batten, be contiguous, be in contact, beam, beat, bed, befringe, beginning, bind, binding, board, bog garden, border ground, border on, borderland, borderline, borders, bordure, botanical garden, bound, boundary, bounds, brim, brink, broadside, brow, butt, cheek, chop, circle, circuit, circumference, circumscribe, cloth, coast, communicate, compare, confine, confines, conjoin, connect, contour, cortex, coulisse, counterweight, covering, crust, curtain, curtain board, cyclorama, dado, decor, define, delineate, demesne, department, domain, dominion, door, drop, drop curtain, dry garden, edge, edging, encircle, enclose, end, enframe, entrance, envelope, epidermis, exterior, external, extremity, facade, face, facet, featheredge, field, fire curtain, flange, flank, flat, flipper, flower bed, flower garden, frame, frieze, fringe, front, frontier, frontier post, garden, garden spot, grape ranch, grapery, hand, handedness, hanging, haunch, hem, hemisphere, herbarium, hip, hortus siccus, integument, iron curtain, jardin, join, jowl, judicial circuit, jurisdiction, kitchen garden, labellum, labium, labrum, lap, laterality, ledge, lie by, limb, limbus, limit, limits, line, lineaments, lines, lip, list, many-sidedness, march, marches, marchland, marge, margin, marginate, mark off, market garden, metes and bounds, multilaterality, near, neighbor, orb, orbit, ornamental garden, outer face, outer layer, outer side, outer skin, outline, outpost, outside, outskirts, pale, paradise, perimeter, periphery, pinetum, planking, precinct, profile, province, purfle, purl, quarter, rag, ragged edge, realm, rim, rind, rock garden, roof garden, round, scene, scenery, screen, selvage, set off, shell, shore, shrubbery, side, side scene, sideline, siding, skin, skirt, sphere, stage screw, stand by, sunken garden, superficies, superstratum, surface, surround, tab, tableau, tea garden, teaser, temple, termination, three-mile limit, threshold, top, tormentor, touch, transformation, transformation scene, trench, trim, trimming, truck garden, twelve-mile limit, unilaterality, vegetable garden, verge, verge upon, victory garden, vinery, vineyard, wainscot, wainscoting, walk, wing, wingcut, woodcut
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