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English noun: border | |||
| 1. | border (location) a line that indicates a boundary | ||
| Synonyms | borderline, boundary line, delimitation, mete | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bound, boundary, bounds | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | circuit, circumference, fence line, property line, state boundary, state line | ||
| Instance hyponym | Green Line, Line of Control | ||
| 2. | border (shape) the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary | ||
| Synonyms | margin, perimeter | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bound, boundary, edge | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | lip | ||
| 3. | border (location) the boundary of a surface | ||
| Synonyms | edge | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bound, boundary, bounds | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | brink, limb | ||
| 4. | border (artifact) a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge | ||
| Synonyms | molding, moulding | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | edge | ||
| Part meronym | picture frame | ||
| 5. | border (artifact) a strip forming the outer edge of something | ||
| Samples | The rug had a wide blue border. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | edge | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | edging, selvage, selvedge, verge | ||
English verb: border | |||
| 1. | border (contact) extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle | ||
| Samples | The forest surrounds my property. | ||
| Synonyms | environ, ring, skirt, surround | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adjoin, contact, meet, touch | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cloister, cloister, close in, enclose, fringe, gird, girdle, hem in, inclose, shut in | ||
| 2. | border (stative) form the boundary of; be contiguous to | ||
| Synonyms | bound | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | confine, enclose, hold in | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | shore, skirt, verge | ||
| 3. | border (contact) enclose in or as if in a frame | ||
| Samples | Frame a picture. | ||
| Synonyms | frame, frame in | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | close in, enclose, inclose, shut in | ||
| 4. | border (possession) provide with a border or edge | ||
| Samples | Edge the tablecloth with embroidery. | ||
| Synonyms | edge | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | furnish, provide, render, supply | ||
| 5. | border (contact) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | ||
| Samples | Canada adjoins the U.S.. England marches with Scotland. | ||
| Synonyms | abut, adjoin, butt, butt against, butt on, edge, march | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adjoin, contact, meet, touch | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | neighbor, neighbour | ||
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