Border

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: bor=der

CIDE DICTIONARY

Border, n. [OE. bordure, F. bordure, fr. border to border, fr. bord a border; of German origin; cf. MHG. borte border, trimming, G. borte trimming, ribbon; akin to E. board in sense 8. See Board, n., and cf. Bordure.].

•  The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.  [1913 Webster]

  "Upon the borders of these solitudes."  [1913 Webster]

  "In the borders of death."  [1913 Webster]
•  A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district.  [1913 Webster]
•  A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish.  [1913 Webster]
•  A narrow flower bed.  [1913 Webster]

Border land, land on the frontiers of two adjoining countries; debatable land; -- often used figuratively; as, the border land of science. -- The Border, The Borders, specifically, the frontier districts of Scotland and England which lie adjacent. -- Over the border, across the boundary line or frontier.

Syn. -- Edge; verge; brink; margin; brim; rim; boundary; confine.

Border, v. i. 

•  To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; -- with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.  [1913 Webster]
•  To approach; to come near to; to verge.  [1913 Webster]

  "Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly."  [1913 Webster]

Border, v. t. 

•  To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden.  [1913 Webster]
•  To be, or to have, contiguous to; to touch, or be touched, as by a border; to be, or to have, near the limits or boundary; as, the region borders a forest, or is bordered on the north by a forest.  [1913 Webster]

  "The country is bordered by a broad tract called the “hot region.”"  [1913 Webster]

  "Shebah and Raamah . . . border the sea called the Persian gulf."  [1913 Webster]
•  To confine within bounds; to limit.  [1913 Webster]

  "That nature, which contemns its origin,
  Can not be bordered certain in itself."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Border, n. & v.
--n.
1 the edge or boundary of anything, or the part near it.
2 a the line separating two political or geographical areas, esp. countries. b the district on each side of this. c (the Border) a particular boundary and its adjoining districts, esp. between Scotland and England (usu. the Borders), or N. Ireland and the Irish Republic.
3 a distinct edging round anything, esp. for strength or decoration.
4 a long narrow bed of flowers or shrubs in a garden (herbaceous border).
--v.
1 tr. be a border to.
2 tr. provide with a border.
3 intr. (usu. foll. by on, upon) a adjoin; come close to being. b approximate, resemble.

Idiom

Border collie a common working sheepdog of the North Country. Border terrier
1 a small terrier of a breed with rough hair.
2 this breed.

Etymology

ME f. OF bordure: cf. BOARD

THESAURUS

Border

Berlin wall, Japanese garden, Pillars of Hercules, abut, abut on, act drop, adjoin, alpine garden, ambit, approach, approximate, arboretum, arena, asbestos, asbestos board, backdrop, bailiwick, bamboo curtain, bank, batten, be contiguous, be in contact, beam, beat, bed, befringe, beginning, bind, binding, board, bog garden, border ground, border on, borderland, borderline, borders, bordure, botanical garden, bound, boundary, bounds, brim, brink, broadside, brow, butt, cheek, chop, circle, circuit, circumference, circumscribe, cloth, coast, communicate, compare, confine, confines, conjoin, connect, contour, cortex, coulisse, counterweight, covering, crust, curtain, curtain board, cyclorama, dado, decor, define, delineate, demesne, department, domain, dominion, door, drop, drop curtain, dry garden, edge, edging, encircle, enclose, end, enframe, entrance, envelope, epidermis, exterior, external, extremity, facade, face, facet, featheredge, field, fire curtain, flange, flank, flat, flipper, flower bed, flower garden, frame, frieze, fringe, front, frontier, frontier post, garden, garden spot, grape ranch, grapery, hand, handedness, hanging, haunch, hem, hemisphere, herbarium, hip, hortus siccus, integument, iron curtain, jardin, join, jowl, judicial circuit, jurisdiction, kitchen garden, labellum, labium, labrum, lap, laterality, ledge, lie by, limb, limbus, limit, limits, line, lineaments, lines, lip, list, many-sidedness, march, marches, marchland, marge, margin, marginate, mark off, market garden, metes and bounds, multilaterality, near, neighbor, orb, orbit, ornamental garden, outer face, outer layer, outer side, outer skin, outline, outpost, outside, outskirts, pale, paradise, perimeter, periphery, pinetum, planking, precinct, profile, province, purfle, purl, quarter, rag, ragged edge, realm, rim, rind, rock garden, roof garden, round, scene, scenery, screen, selvage, set off, shell, shore, shrubbery, side, side scene, sideline, siding, skin, skirt, sphere, stage screw, stand by, sunken garden, superficies, superstratum, surface, surround, tab, tableau, tea garden, teaser, temple, termination, three-mile limit, threshold, top, tormentor, touch, transformation, transformation scene, trench, trim, trimming, truck garden, twelve-mile limit, unilaterality, vegetable garden, verge, verge upon, victory garden, vinery, vineyard, wainscot, wainscoting, walk, wing, wingcut, woodcut

ROGET THESAURUS

Border

Beginning

N beginning, commencement, opening, outset, incipience, inception, inchoation, introduction, alpha, initial, inauguration, debut, le premier pas, embarcation, rising of the curtain, maiden speech, outbreak, onset, brunt, initiative, move, first move, narrow end of the wedge, thin end of the wedge, fresh start, new departure, origin, source, rise, bud, germ, egg, rudiment, genesis, primogenesis, birth, nativity, cradle, infancy, start, inception, creation, starting point, dawn, evolution, title-page, head, heading, van, caption, fatihah, entrance, entry, inlet, orifice, mouth, chops, lips, porch, portal, portico, propylon, door, gate, gateway, postern, wicket, threshold, vestibule, propylaeum, skirts, border, first stage, first blush, first glance, first impression, first sight, rudiments, elements, outlines, grammar, alphabet, ABC, beginning, initial, initiatory, initiative, inceptive, introductory, incipient, proemial, inaugural, inchoate, inchoative, embryonic, rudimental, primogenial, primeval, primitive, primordial, aboriginal, natal, nascent, first, foremost, leading, maiden, begun, just begun, at the beginning, in the beginning first, in the first place, imprimis, first and foremost, in limine, in the bud, in embryo, in its infancy, from the beginning, from its birth, ab initio, ab ovo, ab incunabilis, ab origine, let's get going!, let's get this show on the road!, up and at 'em!, aller Anfang ist schwer, dimidium facti qui coepit habet, omnium rerum principia parva sunt.

Ornament

N ornament, floridness c, adj, turgidity, turgescence, altiloquence, declamation, teratology, well-rounded periods, elegance, orotundity, inversion, antithesis, alliteration, paronomasia, figurativeness, flourish, flowers of speech, flowers of rhetoric, frills of style, euphuism, euphemism, big-sounding words, high-sounding words, macrology, sesquipedalia verba, Alexandrine, inflation, pretension, rant, bombast, fustian, prose run mad, fine writing, sesquipedality, Minerva press, phrasemonger, euphuist, euphemist, ornament, beautified, ornate, florid, rich, flowery, euphuistic, euphemistic, sonorous, high-sounding, big-sounding, inflated, swelling, tumid, turgid, turgescent, pedantic, pompous, stilted, orotund, high flown, high flowing, sententious, rhetorical, declamatory, grandiose, grandiloquent, magniloquent, altiloquent, sesquipedal, sesquipedalian, Johnsonian, mouthy, bombastic, fustian, frothy, flashy, flaming, antithetical, alliterative, figurative, artificial, ore rutundo, ornament, ornamentation, ornamental art, ornature, ornateness, adornment, decoration, embellishment, architecture, jewelry, garnish, polish, varnish, French polish, veneer, japanning, lacquer, gilding, plating, ormolu, enamel, cloisonn_e, cosmetics (in general), makeup, eye shadow, rouge, face powder, lipstick, blush, pattern, diaper, powdering, paneling, graining, pargeting, detail, repousse (convexity), texture, richness, tracery, molding, fillet, listel, strapwork, coquillage, flourish, fleur-de-lis, arabesque, fret, anthemion, egg and tongue, egg and dart, astragal, zigzag, acanthus, cartouche, pilaster, bead, beading, champleve ware, cloisonne ware, frost work, Moresque, Morisco, tooling, embroidery, brocade, brocatelle, galloon, lace, fringe, trapping, border, edging, trimming, hanging, tapestry, arras, millinery, ermine, drap d'or, wreath, festoon, garland, chaplet, flower, nosegay, bouquet, posy, daisies pied and violets blue, tassel knot, shoulder knot, apaulette, epaulet, aigulet, frog, star, rosette, bow, feather, plume, pompom, panache, aigrette, finery, frippery, gewgaw, gimcrack, tinsel, spangle, clinquant, pinchbeck, paste, excess of ornament, gaud, pride, illustration, illumination, vignette, fleuron, head piece, tail piece, cul-de-lampe, flowers of rhetoric, work of art, ornamented, beautified, ornate, rich, gilt, begilt, tesselated, festooned, champleve, cloisonne, topiary, smart, gay, trickly, flowery, glittering, new gilt, new spangled, fine as a Mayday queen, fine as a fivepence, fine as a carrot fresh scraped, pranked out, bedight, well-groomed, in full dress, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, dressed to advantage, in Sunday best, en grand tenue, en grande toilette, in best bib and tucker, endimanche, showy, flashy, gaudy, garish, gairish, gorgeous, ornamental, decorative, becoming.

Circumjacence

N circumjacence, circumambience, environment, encompassment, atmosphere, medium, surroundings, outpost, border, girdle, outskirts, boulebards, suburbs, purlieus, precincts, faubourgs, environs, entourage, banlieue, neighborhood, vicinage, vicinity, circumjacent, circumambient, circumfluent, ambient, surrounding, circumferential, suburban, around, about, without, on every side, on all sides, right and left, all round, round about.

Edge

N edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border, confine, skirt, rim, flange, side, mouth, jaws, chops, chaps, fauces, lip, muzzle, threshold, door, porch, portal, coast, shore, frame, fringe, flounce, frill, list, trimming, edging, skirting, hem, selvedge, welt, furbelow, valance, gimp, border, marginal, skirting, labial, labiated, marginated, edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border, confine, skirt, rim, flange, side, mouth, jaws, chops, chaps, fauces, lip, muzzle, threshold, door, porch, portal, coast, shore, frame, fringe, flounce, frill, list, trimming, edging, skirting, hem, selvedge, welt, furbelow, valance, gimp, border, marginal, skirting, labial, labiated, marginated.

Agriculture

N agriculture, cultivation, husbandry, farming, georgics, geoponics, tillage, agronomy, gardening, spade husbandry, vintage, horticulture, arboriculture, floriculture, landscape gardening, viticulture, husbandman, horticulturist, gardener, florist, agricultor, agriculturist, yeoman, farmer, cultivator, tiller of the soil, woodcutter, backwoodsman, granger, habitat, vigneron, viticulturist, Triptolemus, field, meadow, garden, botanic garden, winter garden, ornamental garden, flower garden, kitchen garden, market garden, hop garden, nursery, green house, hot house, conservatory, bed, border, seed plot, grassplot, grassplat, lawn, park, parterre, shrubbery, plantation, avenue, arboretum, pinery, pinetum, orchard, vineyard, vinery, orangery, farm, agricultural, agrarian, agrestic, arable, predial, rural, rustic, country, horticultural.