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Noun border has 5 senses
- boundary line, border, borderline, delimitation, mete - a line that indicates a boundary
--1 is a kind of boundary, bound, bounds
--1 has particulars:
- margin, border, perimeter - the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
--2 is a kind of boundary, edge, bound
- edge, border - the boundary of a surface
--3 is a kind of boundary, bound, bounds
--3 has particulars: brink; limb
- molding, moulding, border - a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge
--4 is a kind of edge, margin
--4 is a part of picture frame
- border - a strip forming the outer edge of something; "the rug had a wide blue border"
--5 is a kind of edge, margin
--5 has particulars: edging; selvage, selvedge; verge
Verb border has 5 senses
- surround, skirt, border - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"
--1 is one way to touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- bound, border - form the boundary of; be contiguous to
--2 is one way to enclose, hold in, confine
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- frame, frame in, border - enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture"
--3 is one way to enclose, inclose, shut in
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- border, edge - provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery"
--4 is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on - lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
--5 is one way to touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
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