Border

n.	1.	The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink. Upon the borders of these solitudes. - Bentham. In the borders of death. - Barrow.
	2.	A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district.
	3.	A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish.
	4.	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. The Border specifically, the frontier districts of Scotland and England which lie adjacent. Over the border across the boundary line or frontier.
v. i.	1.	To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; - with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts. [imp. & p. p. Bordered ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Bordering.]
	2.	To approach; to come near to; to verge. Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly. - Abp. Tillotson.
v. t.	1.	To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden.
	2.	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." - Prescott. Shebah and Raamah . . . border the sea called the Persian gulf. - Sir W. Raleigh.
	3.	To confine within bounds; to limit. That nature, which contemns its origin, Can not be bordered certain in itself. - Shak.

Noun	1.	border - a line that indicates a boundary Synonyms: borderline, boundary line, delimitation, mete
	2.	border - the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary Synonyms: margin, perimeter
	3.	border - the boundary of a surface Synonyms: edge
	4.	border - a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge Synonyms: moulding, molding
	5.	border - a strip forming the outer edge of something; "the rug had a wide blue border"
Verb	1.	border - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" Synonyms: surround, skirt
	2.	border - form the boundary of; be contiguous to Synonyms: bound
	3.	border - enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture" Synonyms: frame, frame in
	4.	border - provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery" Synonyms: edge
	5.	border - lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" Synonyms: abut, adjoin, butt, butt against, butt on, edge, march

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