vverb.contactextend on all sides of simultaneously; encircleSynset:border environ ring skirt surround
Examples:- The forest surrounds my property
Derivationally Related Form:surroundsurroundingsborder
Hypernyms:adjoin contact meet touch
Inherited Hypernyms:surroundtouch
Direct Hyponyms:cloisterclose inenclosefringegirdgirdlehem inincloseshut in
Full Troponyms:bagbankboxbrick inbundlecasketcloistercontainerizecorralcratedikeembattleembowerencapsulateencaseencloseenshrinefencefortifyframefringegirdleglasshedgehem inimmersepackpouchrope insackstowtrenchtuckwall in
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.stativeform the boundary of; be contiguous toSynset:border bound
Derivationally Related Form:boundboundaryborder
Hypernyms:confine enclose hold in
Inherited Hypernyms:boundencloseholdinclude
Direct Hyponyms:shoreskirtverge
Full Troponyms:shoreskirtverge
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.contactenclose in or as if in a frameSynset:border frame frame in
Derivationally Related Form:framingborderframe
Hypernyms:close in enclose inclose shut in
Inherited Hypernyms:frameenclosesurroundtouch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.possessionprovide with a border or edgeSynset:border edge
Examples:- edge the tablecloth with embroidery
Derivationally Related Form:edgeredge
Hypernyms:furnish provide render supply
Inherited Hypernyms:bordersupplygivetransfer
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.contactlie adjacent to another or share a boundarySynset:abut adjoin border butt butt against butt on edge march
Examples:- Canada adjoins the U.S.
- England marches with Scotland
Derivationally Related Form:buttborderabuttermarchabutmentedgingedge
Hypernyms:adjoin contact meet touch
Inherited Hypernyms:bordertouch
Direct Hyponyms:neighborneighbour
Full Troponyms:neighbor
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
adjadj.allhaving a border especially of a specified kind; sometimes used as a combining termExamples:- black-bordered handkerchief
Antonyms:unbordered
Inherited Hypernyms:bordered
Similar to:boxed deckle-edged deckled featheredged edged fringed lined sawtoothed-edged seagirt spiny-edged white-edged
See also:finite