I. noun
1.
a line or relatively narrow space that marks the outermost bound of something
the border of the rug
Synonyms: brim, brink, edge, fringe, hem, margin, perimeter, periphery, rim, selvage, skirt, verge; compare circumference
Related Word: butts and bounds, lines, metes and bounds; bound, circumference, confine, end, extremity, limit, termination; boundary, frontier, march, pale; beginning, door, entrance, threshold; sideline; lip
Contrasted words: inside, interior; recesses; center; body, bulk, mass, whole
2.
Synonyms: frontier 1, borderland, march, marchland
II. verb
1.
to form a border to
hedges border the park
Synonyms: bound, define, edge, fringe, hem, margin, outline, rim, skirt, surround, verge
Related Word: circumscribe, encircle, enclose, frame; contour, delineate, mark (off), outline, set off; flank, line, side; trim
2.
Synonyms: adjoin , abut, butt (on or against), communicate, join, line, march, neighbor, touch, verge
3.
to come to be closely similiar to a specified thing
ideas that border on the absurd
Synonyms: approach, trench, verge
Related Word: approximate, compare, near
Idioms: come close ( or near) to