1. (n.)border the part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary.
2. border the line that separates one country, state, province, etc., from another; frontier line.
3. border the district or region that lies along the boundary line of another.
4. border the border,
5. border the border between the U.S. and Mexico, esp. along the Rio Grande.
6. border (in the British Isles) the region along the boundary between England and Scotland.
7. border brink; verge.
8. border an ornamental design along the edge of a printed page, a drawing, a fabric, etc., or a piece of ornamental trimming around the edge of a rug, garment, article of furniture, etc.
9. border a long, narrow bed of plantings, as along a pathway.
10. (v.t.)border to make a border around; adorn with a border.
11. border to form a border or boundary to.
12. border to lie on the border of.
13. (v.i.)border to form or constitute a border; abut.
14. border to approach closely in character; verge.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME bordure < AF, OF, der. of border to border, der. of bord ship's side, edge < Gmc; see board)
Definition of 'border'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)boundary line, border, borderline, delimitation, mete a line that indicates a boundary
2. (noun)margin, border, perimeter the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
3. (noun)edge, border the boundary of a surface
4. (noun)molding, moulding, border a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge
5. (verb)border a strip forming the outer edge of something "the rug had a wide blue border"
6. (verb)surround, environ, ring, skirt, border extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle "The forest surrounds my property"
7. (verb)bound, border form the boundary of; be contiguous to
8. (verb)frame, frame in, border enclose in or as if in a frame "frame a picture"
9. (verb)border, edge provide with a border or edge "edge the tablecloth with embroidery"
10. (verb)border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on lie adjacent to another or share a boundary "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
1. (noun)border the boundary between countries on the border between France and Spain; the U.S. border with Mexico; to cross the border; border guards
2. border a decorated edge to add a border to your document pages
3. (verb)border to be next to where Texas borders Louisiana
4. border to form a line along the edge a field bordered by oak trees
Definition of 'border'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)border the outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink
2. (noun)border a boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district
3. (noun)border a strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish
4. (noun)border a narrow flower bed
5. (verb)border to touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; -- with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts
6. (verb)border to approach; to come near to; to verge
7. (verb)border to make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden
8. (verb)border 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
9. (verb)border to confine within bounds; to limit
Definition of 'border'
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
1. border In cartography, the area of a map or chart lying between the neatline and the surrounding framework.