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BORDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A strip forming the outer edge of something
Example:
the rug had a wide blue border
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("border" is a kind of...):
edge (the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "border"):
edging (border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug))
selvage; selvedge (border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet)
verge (a grass border along a road)
Derivation:
border (extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle)
border (enclose in or as if in a frame)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("border" is a kind of...):
edge (the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something)
Holonyms ("border" is a part of...):
picture frame (a framework in which a picture is mounted)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A line that indicates a boundary
Synonyms:
border; borderline; boundary line; delimitation; mete
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("border" is a kind of...):
bound; boundary; bounds (the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "border"):
circuit; circumference (the boundary line encompassing an area or object)
fence line (a boundary line created by a fence)
property line (the boundary line between two pieces of property)
state boundary; state line (the boundary between two states)
Instance hyponyms:
Green Line (the border marking the boundaries of the land that Israel won in its 1948 war of independence)
Line of Control (a 450-mile line that is supposed to indicate the boundary between the part of Kashmir controlled by India and the part controlled by Pakistan)
Derivation:
border (lie adjacent to another or share a boundary)
border (extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle)
border (form the boundary of; be contiguous to)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The boundary of a surface
Synonyms:
border; edge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("border" is a kind of...):
bound; boundary; bounds (the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "border"):
limb ((astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet)
brink (the edge of a steep place)
Derivation:
border (lie adjacent to another or share a boundary)
border (extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle)
border (form the boundary of; be contiguous to)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("border" is a kind of...):
bound; boundary; edge (a line determining the limits of an area)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "border"):
lip (either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell)
Derivation:
border (form the boundary of; be contiguous to)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they border ... he / she / it borders
Past simple: bordered
Past participle: bordered
-ing form: bordering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
Example:
England marches with Scotland
Synonyms:
abut; adjoin; border; butt; butt against; butt on; edge; march
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "border" is one way to...):
adjoin; contact; meet; touch (be in direct physical contact with; make contact)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "border"):
neighbor; neighbour (be located near or adjacent to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
border (the boundary of a surface)
border (a line that indicates a boundary)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
Example:
The forest surrounds my property
Synonyms:
border; environ; ring; skirt; surround
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "border" is one way to...):
adjoin; contact; meet; touch (be in direct physical contact with; make contact)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "border"):
fringe (decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe)
gird; girdle (put a girdle on or around)
cloister (surround with a cloister)
close in; enclose; inclose; shut in (surround completely)
hem in (surround in a restrictive manner)
cloister (surround with a cloister, as of a garden)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
border (a strip forming the outer edge of something)
border (a line that indicates a boundary)
border (the boundary of a surface)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Enclose in or as if in a frame
Example:
frame a picture
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "border" is one way to...):
close in; enclose; inclose; shut in (surround completely)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
border (a strip forming the outer edge of something)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Provide with a border or edge
Example:
edge the tablecloth with embroidery
Synonyms:
border; edge
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "border" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
Meaning:
Form the boundary of; be contiguous to
Synonyms:
border; bound
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "border" is one way to...):
confine; enclose; hold in (close in)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "border"):
skirt (form the edge of)
verge (border on; come close to)
shore (serve as a shore to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Also:
border on (come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character)
Derivation:
border (a line that indicates a boundary)
border (the boundary of a surface)
border (the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary)
Context examples:
A state in northern Mexico bordering with Texas.
(Coahuila, NCI Thesaurus)
It is composed of round or oval cells with abundant clear or eosinophilic cytoplasm and distinct cell borders.
(Clear Cell-Sugar-Tumor of the Lung, NCI Thesaurus)
A state in northern Mexico on the US border.
(Chihuahua, NCI Thesaurus)
The anterior border of the tonsillar fossa.
(Anterior Tonsillar Pillar, NCI Thesaurus)
The border, edge, or margin of an organ or a part.
(Anatomic Rim, NCI Thesaurus)
That way, it would be possible to detect if a criminal is lying or to know the true intentions of people trying to cross the border between two countries.
(The most reliable scientific model to date for detecting when a person is lying, based on thermography, University of Granada)
This cavity is expanding, causing the interstellar material to pile up and create the reddish arc-shaped border.
(Stellar Nursery Blooms into View, ESO)
One orbits on the inner border and the other on the outer.
(Potentially Habitable 'Super-Earths' Found Orbiting around Sun's near Neighbor, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
It has a broken surface of irregularly-shaped segments, roughly 12 miles (20 kilometers) across, bordered by what appear to be shallow troughs.
(New Horizons Discovers Frozen Plains in the Heart of Pluto’s ‘Heart’, NASA)
The wealth of information from the skeleton indicates that it was distantly related to other known African titanosaurs, except for some interesting similarities with another dinosaur, Malawisaurus, from just across the Tanzania-Malawi border.
(New dinosaur with heart-shaped tail offers clues to evolution of Africa's ecosystems, National Science Foundation)
