Definitions for border
ˈbɔr dərbor·der

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 9 votes

1. boundary line, border, borderline, delimitation, metenoun

   a line that indicates a boundary

2. margin, border, perimeternoun

   the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

3. edge, bordernoun

   the boundary of a surface

4. molding, moulding, bordernoun

   a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge

5. borderverb

   a strip forming the outer edge of something

   "the rug had a wide blue border"

6. surround, environ, ring, skirt, borderverb

   extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

   "The forest surrounds my property"

7. bound, borderverb

   form the boundary of; be contiguous to

8. frame, frame in, borderverb

   enclose in or as if in a frame

   "frame a picture"

9. border, edgeverb

   provide with a border or edge

   "edge the tablecloth with embroidery"

10. border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt onverb

    lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

    "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.8 / 4 votes

1. bordernoun

   The outer edge of something.

   a solid 1px border around a table

2. bordernoun

   A decorative strip around the edge of something.

   There's a nice frilly border around the picture frame.

3. bordernoun

   A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.

4. bordernoun

   The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.

   The border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world.

5. bordernoun

   Short form of border morris or border dancing; a vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of dancers usually with their faces disguised with black makeup.

6. borderverb

   To put a border on something.

7. borderverb

   To lie on, or adjacent to a border.

   Denmark borders Germany to the south

8. Etymology: bordure, from bordure, bordeure, from border, from bort, bord, of origin akin to borte, Borte. More at board.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BORDERnoun

   Etymology: bord, Germ. bord, Fr.

   1. The outer part or edge of any thing.

   They have, of Paris work, looking-glasses, bordered with broad borders of crystal, and great counterfeit precious stones. Francis Bacon, Natural Hist. №. 960.

   The light must strike on the middle, and extend its greatest clearness on the principal figures; diminishing by degrees, as it comes nearer and nearer to the borders. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

   2. The march or edge of a country; the confine.

   If a prince keep his residence on the border of his dominions, the remote parts will rebel; but if he make the centre his seat, he shall easily keep them in obedience. Edmund Spenser.

   3. The outer part of a garment, generally adorned with needle-work, or ornaments.4. A bank raised round a garden, and set with flowers; a narrow rank of herbs or flowers.

   There he arriving, round about doth fly
   From bed to bed, from one to other border,
   And takes survey, with curious busy eye,
   Of every flower and herb there set in order. Edmund Spenser, Muiop.

   All with a border of rich fruit trees crown’d,
   Whose loaded branches hide the lofty mound:
   Such various ways the spacious alleys lead,
   My doubtful muse knows not what path to tread. Edmund Waller.

2. To Borderverb

   1. To adorn with a border of ornaments.2. To reach; to touch; to confine upon.

   Sheba and Raamah are those parts of Arabia, which border the sea called the Persian gulf. Walter Raleigh, History.

3. To Borderverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To confine upon; to touch something else at the side or edge.

   It bordereth upon the province of Croatia, which, in time past, was continual wars with the Turks garrisons. Richard Knolles, History of the Turks.

   Virtue and Honour had their temples bordering on each other, and are sometimes both on the same coin. Addison.

   2. To approach nearly to.

   All wit, which borders upon profaneness, and makes bold with those things to which the greatest reverence is due, deserves to be branded with folly. John Tillotson.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Border

   "The Border is a song written by Russ Ballard and Dewey Bunnell and performed by America. The song appears on their 1983 album, Your Move. Released as a single in 1983, the song became the band's final Top 40 hit, reaching No. 33 on the Billboard Hot 100. However, it fared much better on the Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at No. 4. The song reached No. 22 in the Netherlands.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. border

   A border is a line or boundary that separates two countries, states, or regions. It may also refer to an edge or boundary of something, such as an object, a page, an image, or an area. Additionally, it could refer to a decorative design around the edge of something. The term "border" may also be used in a metaphorical sense to indicate the limit or boundary of a concept or idea.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. Bordernoun

   the outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink

2. Bordernoun

   a boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district

3. Bordernoun

   a strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish

4. Bordernoun

   a narrow flower bed

5. Borderverb

   to touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; -- with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts

6. Borderverb

   to approach; to come near to; to verge

7. Borderverb

   to make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden

8. Borderverb

   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. Borderverb

   to confine within bounds; to limit

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Border

   Borders define geographic boundaries of political entities or legal jurisdictions, such as governments, sovereign states, federated states and other subnational entities. Some borders—such as a state's internal administrative borders, or inter-state borders within the Schengen Area—are open and completely unguarded. Other borders are partially or fully controlled, and may be crossed legally only at designated border checkpoints and border zones may be controlled. Some, mostly contentious, borders may even foster the setting up of buffer zones.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Border

   bord′ėr, n. the edge or margin of anything: the march or boundary of a country, esp. that between England and Scotland: a flower-bed in a garden: a piece of ornamental edging or trimming round a garment, &c.—v.i. to resemble (with on): to be adjacent (with upon, with).—v.t. to make or adorn with a border: to bound.—ns. Bord′erer, one who dwells on the border of a country; Bord′er-land.—adj. Bord′erless. [O. Fr. bordure; from root of Board.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. border

   In cartography, the area of a map or chart lying between the neatline and the surrounding framework.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. border

   A term referring to the nature of the vegetation on the margin of a stream or lake, or to artificial works constructed along the banks.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. border

   In heraldry, coats of arms are frequently surrounded with a bordure, the object of which is to show that the bearer is a cadet of the house whose arms he carries. Its character often has reference to the profession of the bearer; thus a bordure embattled is granted to a soldier, and a bordure ermine to a lawyer.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BORDER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Border is ranked #13291 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Border surname appeared 2,295 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Border.
   
   92.6% or 2,127 total occurrences were White.
   2.2% or 51 total occurrences were Black.
   1.9% or 45 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.3% or 31 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1% or 25 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.7% or 16 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Boundary
   • Edge
   • Enclose
   • Provide

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'border' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2557

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'border' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3890

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'border' in Nouns Frequency: #895

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Anagrams for border »

1. roberd

How to pronounce border?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say border in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of border in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of border in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of border in a Sentence

1. Carol Rose:

   Not only is Sheriff Hodgson willing to get involved with Trump’s racially discriminatory plan to build a wall along the US-Mexico border, he is proposing to use modern-day slave labor to do it.

2. Marcelo Ebrard:

   They don't intend on shutting (the border) but they have this problem that they are reallocating personnel.

3. Sheriff Hathaway:

   The cartels are adaptive as long as there's the demand here in the United States for the drugs they're going to figure out a way to do it. They’re going under the border, there's tunnels going under this town that have been there for 100 years. … They'll get ultralight airplanes and fly over, they'll go through the commercial ports of entry, but the most volume of the drugs goes right through the legal commercial ports of entry.

4. Webb County Medical Examiner:

   I'm seeing an extreme increase in the number of border crossing deaths compared to other years.

5. Alejandro Mayorkas:

   It is incomprehensible that some states who stand to benefit from these highly effective enforcement measures are seeking to block them and cause more irregular migration at our southern border.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=border
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Border
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=border
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/border
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=border
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=border
9. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
10. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=border
11. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
12. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
13. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=border