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noun | verb borderborder1 /ˈbɔrdɚ/ ●●● S3 W2 noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYborder1Origin: 1300-1400 Old French bordure, from border to border, from bort border ► on the ... border It’s a national park on the Utah border. ► cross the border Refugees have been warned not to attempt to cross the border. ► crosses ... borders The music crosses cultural borders. THESAURUSoutside part► edge the part of an object or an area that is farthest from its center: Don’t put your glass so close to the edge of the table. My uncle’s house is on the edge of town near the freeway. ► side the part of an object or area that is near an edge: He pushed the cauliflower to the side of his plate. ► border the official line around a country, state, or area that separates it from other areas: We crossed the border into Mexico at Nogales. ► boundary the line that marks the edge of a surface, space, or area of land inside a country: The Mississippi River forms a natural boundary between Tennessee and Arkansas. ► perimeter the border around an enclosed area or a shape: Security guards patrol the perimeter of the camp night and day. ► outskirts the areas of a city that are furthest away from the center: They built the airport on the outskirts of the city. ► rim the outside edge of something deep or something with high sides, such as a cup or a canyon (=deep valley with very steep sides): There was lipstick on the rim of the cup. ► margin the empty space at either side of a printed page: I wrote some notes in the margins of the page. ► hem the edge of a piece of cloth that is folded and sewn, especially the lower edge of a skirt, pair of pants, etc.: The hem of her dress was coming loose. ► curb the raised edge of a street: If the curb is painted red, you can’t park next to it. 1social studies, politics the official line that separates two countries, states, or areas, or the area close to this line SYN frontier: border between the border between the U.S. and Canadaborder with Chile’s border with Peru It’s a national park on the Utah border. Refugees have been warned not to attempt to cross the border.across/over the border We drove across the border into Germany.► see thesaurus at edge12a band along or around the edge of something, such as a picture or a piece of material: a skirt with a red border3a separation or difference between one situation, state, or person and another: The music crosses cultural borders.4an area of soil where you plant flowers or plants at the edge of an area of grass [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French bordure, from border to border, from bort border] noun | verb borderborder2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEborder |
| Present | I, you, we, they | border | | he, she, it | borders | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | bordered | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have bordered | | he, she, it | has bordered | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had bordered | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will border | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have bordered |
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| Present | I | am bordering | | he, she, it | is bordering | | you, we, they | are bordering | | Past | I, he, she, it | was bordering | | you, we, they | were bordering | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been bordering | | he, she, it | has been bordering | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been bordering | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be bordering | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been bordering |
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