border | |
1. n. The outer edge of something. | |
the borders of the garden | |
2. n. 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 | |
3. n. A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown. | |
4. n. The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions. | |
The border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world. | |
5. n. (British) Short form of border morris or border dancing; a vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of danc | |
6. v. To put a border on something. | |
7. v. To form a border around; to bound. | |
8. v. To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of. | |
Denmark borders Germany to the south. | |
9. v. (intransitive) To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with). | |
Connecticut borders on Massachusetts. | |
10. v. (intransitive) To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon). | |