| VERB | contact | border, surround, environ, ring, skirt | extend on all sides of simultaneously |
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| stative | border, bound | form the boundary / boundary of | |
| contact | border, frame, frame in | enclose in or as if in a frame | |
| possession | border, edge | provide with a border or edge | |
| contact | border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | |
| NOUN | location | border, boundary line, borderline, delimitation, mete | a line that indicates a boundary |
| shape | border, margin, perimeter | the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary | |
| location | border, edge | the boundary of a surface | |
| artifact | border, molding, moulding | a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge | |
| artifact | border | a strip forming the outer edge of something |
| Sounds | bao'rder | |
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| Rhymes | adder ... Zealander: 203 rhymes with der... | |
| Meaning | The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary. | |
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| Synonyms | margin, perimeter | |
| Narrower | lip | Either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell |
| Broader | boundary, edge, bound | A line determining the limits of an area |
| Spanish | borde, frontera, límite, margen, perímetro | |
| Catalan | frontera, marge, perímetre | |
| Verbs | border | form the boundary / boundary of |
| Meaning | The boundary of a surface. | |
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| Synonym | edge | |
| Narrower | brink | The edge of a steep place |
| limb | (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet | |
| Broader | boundary, bound, bounds | The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something |
| Spanish | borde, canto, frontera, margen, orilla | |
| Catalan | cantell, marge, vora | |
| Verbs | border | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary |
| border | extend on all sides of simultaneously | |
| border | form the boundary / boundary of | |
| Meaning | A decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge. | |
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| Synonyms | molding, moulding | |
| Part of | picture frame | A framework in which a picture / picture is mounted |
| Broader | edge | The outside limit of an object or area or surface |
| Spanish | moldura | |
| Catalan | motllura | |
| Meaning | A strip forming the outer edge of something. | |
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| Example | "the rug had a wide blue border" | |
| Narrower | 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 | |
| Broader | edge | The outside limit of an object or area or surface |
| Spanish | borde, frontera, orla | |
| Catalan | frontera, orla, vorada, vora | |
| Verbs | border | extend on all sides of simultaneously |
| border | enclose in or as if in a frame | |
| Meaning | Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | surround, environ, ring, skirt | |
| Narrower | cloister | Surround with a cloister |
| cloister | Surround with a cloister, as of a garden | |
| enclose, close in, inclose, shut in | Surround completely | |
| fringe | decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe | |
| girdle, gird | Put a girdle on or around | |
| hem in | Surround in a restrictive manner | |
| Broader | touch, adjoin, meet, contact | Be in direct physical contact with |
| Spanish | cercar, circundar, envolver, rodear | |
| Catalan | circumdar, encerclar, envoltar, rodejar, voltar | |
| Nouns | border | a strip forming the outer edge of something |
| border | a line that indicates a boundary | |
| border | the boundary of a surface | |
| Meaning | form the boundary / boundary of; be contiguous to. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | bound | |
| Narrower | shore | Serve as a shore to |
| skirt | form the edge of | |
| verge | border on | |
| Broader | enclose, hold in, confine | Close in |
| See also | border on | come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character |
| Spanish | bordear, confinar, limitar | |
| Catalan | circumscriure, confinar, limitar, vorellar, voretar | |
| Nouns | border | a line that indicates a boundary |
| border | the boundary of a surface | |
| border | the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary | |
| Meaning | enclose in or as if in a frame. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | frame, frame in | |
| Broader | enclose, close in, inclose, shut in | Surround completely |
| Spanish | bordear, enmarcar | |
| Catalan | emmarcar | |
| Nouns | border | a strip forming the outer edge of something |
| Meaning | Provide with a border or edge. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | edge | |
| Broader | supply, provide, render, furnish | Give something useful or necessary to |
| Meaning | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on | |
| Narrower | neighbor, neighbour | Be located near or adjacent to |
| Broader | touch, adjoin, meet, contact | Be in direct physical contact with |
| Spanish | bordear, colindar, lindar | |
| Catalan | bordejar, limitar, vorellar, voretar | |
| Nouns | border | a line that indicates a boundary |
| border | the boundary of a surface | |
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