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border
UK /ˈbɔə.də/ US /ˈbɔə.də/
noun 5verb 5name 1
Definitions
noun
1
The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
The border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world.
The identification of the border between England and Scotland always has been a source of interest to railway travellers. For many years, however, the exact points north of Berwick and Carlisle at which the Anglo-Scottish main lines passed from one country to the other were not defined, but the erection of clear and unmistakable lineside signs has put the matter beyond all doubt.
2
The outer edge of something.
the borders of the garden
upon the borders of these solitudes
3
A decorative strip around the edge of something.
There’s a nice frilly border around the picture frame.
a solid border around a table of figures
4
A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
5
Border morris or border dancing.
verb
1
To put a border on something.
2
To form a border around; to bound.
3
To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.
Denmark borders Germany to the south.
4
To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).
Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.
5
To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).
Wit which borders upon profaneness […]deserves to be branded as folly.
name
1
A surname.
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