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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
neighbor \neigh"bor\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Neighbored}; p. pr. & vb. n {Neighboring}.]
1. To adjoin; to border on; to be near to.
Leisurely ascending hills that neighbor the shore. --Sandys.
2. To associate intimately with. [Obs.] --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Neighboring \Neigh"bor*ing\, adjective Living or being near; adjacent; as, the neighboring nations or countries.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
neighboring
adjective
1: situated near one another; "neighbor states" [syn: {neighbor}, {neighbour}, {neighboring(a)}, {neighbouring(a)}]
2: having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots"; "adjoining rooms"; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities" [syn: {abutting}, {adjacent}, {adjoining}, {conterminous}, {contiguous}, {neighboring(a)}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "neighboring": abutting, adjacent, adjoining, ambient, bordering, circling, circumambient, circumferential, circumflex, circumfluent, circumfluous, circumjacent, close, close-by, connecting, conterminous, contiguous, coterminous, embracing, encircling, enclosing, encompassing, end to end, endways, endwise, enfolding, enveloping, environing, face to face, immediate, joined, juxtaposed, juxtapositional, juxtapositive, near, nearby, neighbor, next, peripheral, roundabout, suburban, surrounding, touching, wrapping
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