n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: bor · dered ; bor · der · ing \ ' bo ̇ r-d( ə -)ri ŋ \
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 : to put a border on
2 : to touch at the edge or boundary : BOUND < border s the city on the south>
intransitive verb
1 : to lie on the border <the U.S. border s on Canada>
2 : to approach the nature of a specified thing : VERGE < border s on the ridiculous>
– bor · der · er \ -d ə r- ə r \ noun