border

nounverbcommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈbɔː.də//
United States//ˈbɔɹ.dɚ//
United States/[ˈbo̞ɹ.dɚ]/
Australia//ˈbɔə.də//

The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.

noun

1
The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
The border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world.
The identification of the border between England and Scotland always has been a source of interest to railway travellers. For many years, however, the exact points north of Berwick and Carlisle at which the Anglo-Scottish main lines passed from one country to the other were not defined, but the erection of clear and unmistakable lineside signs has put the matter beyond all doubt.
The Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday the men had been killed on Tuesday in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, on the border of Kandahar just north of the provincial capital Lashkar Gah.
23 June 2018, Mattha Busb, The Independent, Jogger crosses US-Canada border by mistake, is held for two weeks in detention centre A French tourist who accidentally crossed the border into the US from Canada during an evening jog was sent to a detention centre 125 miles away and held for two weeks until she was released.
2
The outer edge of something.
the borders of the garden
upon the borders of these solitudes
in the borders of death
3
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
4
A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
5
Border morris or border dancing.
6
A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French bordeurebor. Middle English bordure English border Inherited from Middle English bordure, from Old French bordeure, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bord, equivalent to modern French bord (“a border”) + -er. Akin to Middle High German borte (“border, trim”), German Borte (“ribbon, trimming”). Doublet of bordure. More at board. Further cognate to English board, Old Norse barð (“edge”), Swedish bård (“edge”), also English beard, German Bart (“beard”) (edge of the face) etc.

verb

1
To put a border on something.
2
To form a border around; to bound.
3
To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.
Denmark borders Germany to the south.
4
To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).
Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.
5
To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).
Wit which borders upon profaneness […]deserves to be branded as folly.

Forms

plural: borders
past tense: bordered
past participle: bordered
present participle: bordering
third person singular: borders

Bora · An indigenous tribe of the Peruvian, Colombian and Brazilian…Bordeaux · The capital city of Gironde department, France; the capital…Borden · A surname.

border · The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.

Border · A surname.borderline · Nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or…Borders · Scottish Borders

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