Etymology : Middle English bordure, from Middle French, from Old French, from border to border, from bort border, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English bord
Pronunciation : bor-d&r
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. boundary; edge, fringe; frame which surrounds the application window (Computers). be adjacent to; live next door. border\bor"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. bordered ; p. pr. & vb. n. bordering.].
2. to touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; -- with on or upon as, connecticut borders on massachusetts.
3. to approach; to come near to; to verge. wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly. tillotson.border \bor"der\, v. t.
4. to make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden.
5. 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." shebah and raamah border the sea called the persian gulf. w. raleigh.
6. to confine within bounds; to limit. [obs.] that nature, which contemns its origin, can not be bordered certain in itself.border \bor"der\ , n. [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.
7. see:
board, n., and cf. bordure.].
8. the outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink. upon the borders of these solitudes. in the borders of death.
9. a boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district.
10. a strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish.
11. a narrow flower bed.border land, land on the frontiers of two adjoining countries; debatable land; -- often used figuratively; as, the border land of science.
12. The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.
13. A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district.
14. A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish.
15. A narrow flower bed.
16. To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.
17. To approach; to come near to; to verge.
18. To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden.
19. 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.
20. To confine within bounds; to limit. a strip forming the outer edge of something; "the rug had a wide blue border" lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery".
21. 1. The border between two countries or regions is the dividing line between them. Sometimes the border also refers to the land close to this line. They fled across the border. the isolated jungle area near the Panamanian border Clifford is enjoying life north of the border. the Mexican border town of Tijuana = frontier.
22. A country that borders another country, a sea, or a river is next to it. the European and Arab countries bordering the Mediterranean. Border on means the same as border. Both republics border on the Black Sea.
23. A border is a strip or band around the edge of something. pillowcases trimmed with a hand-crocheted border.
24. In a garden, a border is a long strip of ground along the edge planted with flowers. a lawn flanked by wide herbaceous borders. border plants.
25. If something is bordered by another thing, the other thing forms a line along the edge of it. the mile of white sand beach bordered by palm trees and tropical flowers Caesar marched north into the forests that border the Danube River. = flank.