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Webster 1913 Edition


Border

Bor′der

,
Noun.
[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 8. See
Board
,
Noun.
, and cf.
Bordure
.]
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
,
The Borders
,
specifically, the frontier districts of Scotland and England which lie adjacent.
Over the border
,
across the boundary line or frontier.
Syn. – Edge; verge; brink; margin; brim; rim; boundary; confine.

Bor′der

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bordered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Bordering
.]
1.
To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; – with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.
2.
To approach; to come near to; to verge.
Wit which
borders
upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly.
Abp. Tillotson.

Bor′der

,
Verb.
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.
[Obs.]
That nature, which contemns its origin,
Can not be
bordered
certain in itself.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Border

BORD'ER

,
Noun.
The outer edge of any thing; the extreme part or surrounding line; the confine or exterior limit of a country, or of any region or tract of land; the exterior part or edge of a garment, or of the corol of plants; the rim or brim of a vessel, but not often applied to vessels; the exterior part of a garden, and hence a bank raised at the side of a garden, for the cultivation of flowers, and a row of plants; in short, the outer part or edge of things too numerous to be specified.

BORD'ER

,
Verb.
I.
To confine; to touch at the edge, side or end; to be contiguous or adjacent; with on or upon; as, Connecticut on the north borders on or upon Massachusetts.
1.
To approach near to.
Wit, which borders upon profaneness, deserves to be branded as folly.

BORD'ER

,
Verb.
T.
To make a border; to adorn with a border of ornaments; as, to border a garment or a garden.
1.
To reach to; to touch at the edge or end; to confine upon; to be contiguous to.
Sheba and Raamah border the Persian gulf.
2.
To confine within bounds; to limit. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


border

border

See also: börder

English

Noun

border (plural borders)

  1. The outer edge of something.
    the borders of the garden
    • Bentham
      upon the borders of these solitudes
    • Barrow
      in the borders of death
  2. 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
  3. A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
  4. The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
    • 2013, Nicholas Watt and Nick Hopkins, Afghanistan bomb: UK to 'look carefully' at use of vehicles(in The Guardian, 1 May 2013)
      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.
    The border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world.
  5. (Britain) Short form of border morris or border dancing; a vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of dancers usually with their faces disguised with black makeup.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

border (third-person singular simple present borders, present participle bordering, simple past and past participle bordered)

  1. (transitive) To put a border on something.
  2. (transitive) To lie on, or adjacent to a border.
    Denmark borders Germany to the south.
  3. (intransitive) To touch at a border (with on or upon).
    Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.
  4. (intransitive) To approach; to come near to; to verge.
    • Archbishop Tillotson
      Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly.

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Derived terms


French

Etymology

bord + -er, of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

Verb

border

  1. to border (add a border to)
  2. to border (share a border with)

Conjugation

Anagrams


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

border n

  1. indefinite plural of bord

Etymology 2

Noun

border m

  1. indefinite plural of bord