border
//ˈbɔə.də//
Forms
- Plural
- borders
- present (v1)
- border
- past (v2)
- bordered
- past participle (v3)
- bordered
- present participle
- bordering
- 3rd person singular
- borders
Definitions
1.The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
- The border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world.
- 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.
2.The outer edge of something.
3.A decorative strip around the edge of something.
- There’s a nice frilly border around the picture frame.
4.A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
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).
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1468
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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.