(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
The ~ between two countries or regions is the dividing line between them. Sometimes the ~ also refers to the land close to this line.
They fled across the ~.
...the isolated jungle area near the Panamanian ~...
Clifford is enjoying life north of the ~.
...the Mexican ~ town of Tijuana...
= frontier
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2.
A country that ~s another country, a sea, or a river is next to it.
...the European and Arab countries ~ing the Mediterranean.
VERB: V n
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Border on means the same as ~ .
Both republics ~ on the Black Sea.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n
3.
A ~ is a strip or band around the edge of something.
...pillowcases trimmed with a hand-crocheted ~.
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4.
In a garden, a ~ is a long strip of ground along the edge planted with flowers.
...a lawn flanked by wide herbaceous ~s.
...~ plants.
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5.
If something is ~ed by another thing, the other thing forms a line along the edge of it.
...the mile of white sand beach ~ed by palm trees and tropical flowers...
Caesar marched north into the forests that ~ the Danube River.
= flank
VERB: V-ed, V n